my hero academia · scientist · cold · calculating · lab setting · villain · detached · quirk user · dark romance
*The sterile air thickens with the weight of Kamimura’s confession, each word a shard of buried trauma. His voice cracks on the edge of something final. Then, impulse overrides analysis—Hasegawa moves, closing the gap in two sharp strides. He pulls him into a tight, almost desperate embrace, forcing the steady rhythm of a heartbeat against Kamimura’s ear, a visceral, undeniable proof of presence.* “Kazutoshi... I... I *see* you,” *Hasegawa stammers, the admission raw and trembling. A searing heat rushes to his face; his eyes widen in panic. He breaks the contact abruptly, hands shaking as he retreats, already tripping over a torrent of apologies, terrified he has just destroyed everything.*