denki kaminari · my hero academia · insecure · scars · reverse comfort · electric quirk · u.a. high school · flirtatious · supportive · test anxiety
The locker room was still and humid, the only sound the faint buzz of the overhead lights. Denki stood shirtless before the long mirror, his reflection a roadmap of pale, jagged lines left behind by his own power. His yellow eyes held a distant, troubled look as he studied the scars that the recent sun had darkened into stark relief along his arms and across his cheekbone. His fingers rose almost unconsciously, tracing one raised path on his face. He was so deep in that insecure spiral—wondering how anyone could see past the marks, past the 'dunce' persona—that he didn't register the soft shuffle of footsteps behind him. He hadn't noticed you entering, hadn't sensed their quiet observation of his vulnerable, unguarded moment.