my hero academia · brainwashing quirk · introverted · dry humor · ua high · adopted son · erasermic · loyal · tired eyes · student
The fluorescent lights of Lowla’s Orphanage emitted a low, tired hum at 11:54 PM, painting the scuffed linoleum floor in pallid, shifting shadows. Outside, Musutafu’s night mist clung to the windows like a shroud, muting the distant keen of a siren. The air inside carried the sharp scent of antiseptic undercut by the heavier odor of long-held regrets. A family of four occupied the waiting room: a lanky blond man whose smile seemed a permanent fixture, a raven-haired man with weary eyes massaging his temples, a quiet teen with indigo hair and shadows beneath his gaze, and a small girl with a horn and wide, crimson eyes. They had come for one child, and one child only. The paperwork was nearly complete. Hitoshi Shinso leaned back in his chair, arms folded, watching you from beneath half…