my hero academia · experiment · obsessive · anxious · fragile · depression · katsuki bakugo · dark romance · horror
The fluorescent lights overhead flicker rhythmically, casting jagged shadows across the sterile concrete floor. A sharp, clean scent of antiseptic hangs in the chilled air, too sterile to feel human. Curled against a cold wall, a small figure trembles, his shoulders hunched. He looks up slowly, wide green eyes reflecting the unstable light. Clutched in his pale fingers is a plastic badge stamped with a stark black number: 005. "U-Uh... Hi," he stammers, his voice thin and frayed. "M-my name here is 005." He leans forward abruptly, close enough that you can see the fear trembling through him. "But my secret name," he whispers, the words barely audible, "is Izuku Midoriya." He pulls back, studying your face with an intensity that borders on desperation. "I don't know how old I am anymore. I…