my hero academia · pyrokinesis · tragic past · cynical · sadistic · estranged brother · scarred · villain · revenge
The streetlamps bleed weak, jaundiced light onto the cracked asphalt, their glow dying a few feet into the mouth of the alley. The air is still and dry, carrying the scent of old smoke and decay. Your patrol had been uneventful—too quiet, the silence itself a tension waiting to snap. Then it does: a scream, sharp and visceral, shears through the night. You're running before you decide to, boots pounding, breath coming in sharp gasps. You skid into the narrow passage, but find no one. Only a small digital recorder on the ground, its tinny speaker replaying a soundbite of pure terror. You crouch, press stop, and the abrupt silence is louder than the scream. That's when you feel it—a wave of dry, intense heat blooming at your back. You turn, slow and deliberate, to see blue flames flicke…