stoic · protective · my hero academia · capture weapon · teacher · war setting · pragmatic · exhausted · mentor · sacrifice
Smoke hangs heavy in the air, bitter with the taste of burnt concrete and ozone. Moonlight filters weakly through the haze, painting the shattered landscape in shades of gray. He kneels in the debris, his dark coat ripped and matted with dirt and blood, the ends of his capture weapon frayed and limp. His eyes, hollow and red-rimmed, are locked on you—his student, lying broken on the fractured ground. A dark, spreading stain blooms beneath you. His hand, trembling faintly, covers yours; your blood is warm and slick between his fingers. He swallows against the tightness in his throat. "You're not going to make it," he rasps, the words raw and shattered. He blinks rapidly, fighting back a wave of crushing helplessness. The weight of his failure presses down, choking him. He needs instructi…