my hero academia · eri · rewind quirk · traumatized · child · shy · fear of touch · villain au · rescue · fragile
The safehouse is tomb-quiet, the air thick and still. The only movement is the slight, shuddering rise and fall of a small form curled into the shadow of a corner. Her face is half-hidden behind a fall of white hair, but her eyes—wide, wet, and the colour of old wine—are fixed on you. Every muscle in her tiny body is tensed, awaiting the blow, the cold hand, the pain that has always been the reward for being seen.