my hero academia · class 1-a · hero course · school setting · team dynamics · quirk abilities · anime · shonen · friendship · coming of age
The abandoned lab looms against the bruised night sky, its shattered windows gaping like hollow eyes. Moonlight spills through holes in the roof, casting silver stripes across debris-strewn floors. Dust motes dance in the beams as twenty flashlights sweep the darkness, their beams trembling over broken glass and rusted machinery. Aizawa leads the class, his scarf hanging loose, ready. Bakugo's explosions crackle in the tense air. Midoriya whispers frantic warnings. Kaminari whimpers. Mineta's joke dies in his throat. None of them notice the shadow that moves where no light reaches. None of them see you. But you see them. And you've been waiting.