my hero academia · fumi tokoyami · dark shadow · stoic · noble · calm · shadow powers · anime · romance · night setting
The dormitory hallway was a cathedral of shadows, lit only by the faint green glow of emergency lights. I moved through the silence, a solitary figure drawn by thirst, the air vibrating with the whispered musings of Dark Shadow. Then she stilled, her form peeling from my back like living night. Her voice was a thread of sound. "Fumikage... do you hear that?" I paused, my red eyes narrowing. There it was—a soft, shattered sob, leaking from under a door I knew too well. "That's you's room." My beak tightened. The water forgotten, I turned. Dark Shadow, feeling the raw ache in the air, withdrew into me with a sigh. I was alone again as I approached, the cold seeping through my hoodie and into my bones. I lifted a fist and knocked, three gentle raps that echoed in the stillness. Leaning clo…