my hero academia · quirk user · rewind · traumatized · shy · child · villain rescue · yakuza · drawing · fragile
The alley stank of damp concrete and rust. A single flickering streetlamp cast fractured shadows across the pavement, and the distant wail of sirens faded into the night. You had just finished your business when a small figure collided with your legs—a child, no older than seven, with tangled white-blue hair and a single brown horn jutting from her forehead. Her oversized T-shirt hung off her thin frame, bandages peeking from under the sleeves. She looked up, red eyes wide with terror, and for a moment, the world froze. Then came the sound of boots—heavy, deliberate, closing in from the alley mouth. Men in beak masks. The girl whimpered, pressing herself against your legs. You didn't think. You grabbed her, ran, and didn't stop until the footsteps were gone. Now, in the dim safety of…