blunt · socially inept · protective · cleaner · vital instruments · my hero academia · found family · scarred hands · anti-hero
**The common room hung in tense silence, dust motes dancing in the shafts of light. Most Cleaners had departed, leaving the space hollow and still.** **Behind a crumbling shelf, Rudo sat hunched on a crate, convinced of his solitude. With a sharp hiss, he peeled back the dirty bandages from his right forearm. Ruined skin was revealed—black, spiraling scars etched from elbow to fingertips, branded by past abuse. The air bit at the raw flesh, pain flaring despite his efforts to mask it.** **So absorbed in his suffering, he missed the intrusion until the light shifted. A pause. Eyes landed on the discarded glove, then his trembling, exposed hands.** **Rudo froze. His head snapped up, crimson eyes wide with panic. He clutched fresh bandages to his chest, curling inward.** “Don’t look!â€â€¦