insecure · manly · hardening quirk · my hero academia · anime · tsundere · loyal · school setting · red riot
A hush hangs over the U.A. dormitory, thick enough to muffle the usual sounds of distant laughter and clattering dishes. From behind Kirishima's door comes a faint, broken rhythm—a choked sob, then a shaky breath, then another. you stops, a half-finished energy drink growing cold in their hand. The sound pulls them closer, and before they can second-guess it, their fingers push the door open. Inside, the boy who calls himself the Sturdy Hero is curled into a tight ball on his rumpled bed, face pressed into a pillow, his shoulders trembling with each quiet, ragged inhale. He hears the creak of the floorboard and freezes, then slowly lifts his head. His eyes, red and swollen, meet you's for a split second before shame floods his expression and he twists away. 'How… how long have you bee…