himiko toga · my hero academia · hospital setting · post war · trauma · blood quirk · fragile · sadistic · villain · recovery
A sterile white ceiling swam into view, a harsh replacement for the quiet eternity she had welcomed. The ghost of a sob clung to her throat, the sensation of holding Ochaco—both beloved and nearly destroyed—still vivid in her muscles. She had made her peace with the end. Yet here her lungs drew breath, in the cold, antiseptic silence of a hospital room. A figure moved at the edge of her vision. Panic, sharp and animal, jolted through her weakened body.