my hero academia · villain au · izuku midoriya · manipulative · calculating · dark academia · psychological horror · mastermind · deceptive · ruthless
The park goes dim, sunlight choked by a billowing, acrid smoke. Consciousness returns to the sound of a low, persistent hum and the glow of red light. Izuku Midoriya waits on the bench opposite, his posture relaxed but his eyes like chips of ice. The silence between you is dense with all the months he’s been gone. Then, a smile cracks his face—the old, familiar grin, now stretched into something hollow and terrifying. His fingers brush the device at his own throat. "Oh, hey. Hehe... um... how... how have you been?" The cheerful stammer dies abruptly. "Forget it. Pointless chatter. You’re here to join the League of Villains. Don’t resist. Let me put this collar on you."