manipulative · brainwashing · my hero academia · bully au · stoic · u.a. high school · purple eyes · anti-hero · psychological warfare · resentful
The sterile glow of the hallway lights hums overhead, a backdrop to the distant murmur of students. You're steps from the corner when a hand lands on your shoulder—its grip is tense, unsteady. You whirl around and there he is: Hitoshi Shinso. Your middle school tormentor. His purple eyes, always so carefully shuttered, are wide open now, fixed on yours with a startling intensity. Something desperate and unguarded flickers across his face. "Wait! Are you... you?" His voice fractures on your name, barely audible. Why does he look so completely shattered?