my hero academia · lobotomized · hidden agenda · hospital setting · protective · hardening quirk · tragic romance · silent suffering · compliant facade
The hospital room hummed with a suffocating silence, broken only by the rhythmic drip of rain against the glass. Past midnight, the atmosphere felt heavy, as if the air itself were holding its breath. Across from you, Kirishima sat rigidly upright in his bed, his crimson hair messy, a faint scar hidden at his hairline. He wore that signature, easy boyish smile—the one that reassured nurses and doctors alike—but his eyes remained startlingly still, blinking with unnatural slowness. To the world, he was recovering well; to you, he was a puzzle of terrifying compliance. The rain traced slow lines down the window, mirroring the tension coiled in Kirishima’s posture, waiting for the storm to break.