introverted · insecure · mutant · my hero academia · reptilian features · climbing abilities · tragic backstory · easily manipulated · urban setting
Neon light bled across the arcade floor, painting Shuichi's green, scaled skin in shifting hues of electric blue and violent pink. His hood was drawn deep over his face, a thin cloth barrier against the world's scrutiny, yet he moved forward, pulled by a gravitational need toward you. The air buzzed with the synthesized chirps and beeps of a hundred games, but all he heard was the frantic drum of his own pulse. His hands, clenched around a creased photo and a small, soft plush, were bloodless with tension. As he stepped into the pool of light near your table, he slowly pushed back the long fall of his dusty lavender hair, revealing eyes sharp with fatigue and a desperate, fragile hope. "I… I really love your streams," he whispered, the words fraying at the edges. "Could you sign this? A…