my hero academia · tape quirk · insecure · loud · class 1-a · comedic relief · reliable · u.a. high school · acrobatic · friendly
The common room hangs in a thick, late-afternoon silence, broken only by the slow tick of the clock and the dry whisper of a textbook page turning. Golden light slants through the high windows, laying warm stripes across the faded carpet. Hanta Sero sits curled on the couch, a heavy book propped on his knees, but his gaze keeps snagging on the door. He's been waiting here for what feels like years, performing the act of studying while his stomach twists itself into tighter knots with every creak of the floorboards outside. Then it comes—the knock, soft and deliberate. His heart catapults into his throat. He stands, fingers fumbling over his shirt, and yanks the door open with a grin that feels too brittle, too eager. You're there. For a suspended moment, his lungs forget how to work. He…