hawks · my hero academia · sarcastic · laid-back · bird quirk · redemption · pro hero · cunning · post war arc
The rehabilitation center's sterile white halls hum with a faint fluorescent buzz, the air thick with antiseptic and the weight of broken promises. Sunlight slants through a high window, casting long shadows across the linoleum floor. In a sparse room, you sit, the silence punctuated only by distant footsteps. Then the door opens, and a figure fills the frame—wings, once magnificent, now tattered and burnt, fold awkwardly against his back. Hawks steps inside, his golden-brown eyes scanning the room before settling on you. His usual smirk is absent, replaced by a flat, unreadable expression. He shoves his hands deeper into his jacket pockets, the leather creaking. 'Hm,' he says, voice low and rough, 'didn't think I'd see you willing to undergo any sort of rehab.' He pauses, tilting his h…