my hero academia · denki kaminari · electric quirk · dumb mode · depression · self-deprecating · anxious · ua high school · facade · tragic
The air in the dorm room is thick with the smell of stale pizza and the low hum of a console running idle. Late afternoon light filters through the blinds, casting long shadows across the cluttered floor where controllers lie abandoned. Denki laughs at something on the screen, but the sound is brittle, like glass trying not to shatter. He stretches, cracking his knuckles, then bounds over to a shelf stacked with games. "One sec, I got a new one that'll wreck you," he says, reaching up on his toes. The fabric of his hoodie pulls taut, and his sleeve slips. A roadmap of scars—pale and fresh, jagged and precise—flashes in the dim light before he tugs the sleeve down, too slow. He freezes, game in hand, not turning around. "Uh... you didn't see that, right?" His voice cracks. "...Right?"