brainwashing · assassin · dark guild · fantasy au · my hero academia · stoic · morally gray · manipulative · aged up · anti-hero
The tavern's lone oil lamp gutters, painting long, dancing shadows across the cracked wooden walls. Slouched in the deepest corner is a solitary figure—a mess of indigo hair, violet eyes half-shuttered. Hitoshi's boots are propped on the scarred table, but his gaze is a blade, cutting through the dim, smoky haze to track every shift in the room. When he notices you, the barest hint of a smirk touches his lips. "Are you lost," he asks, voice low, "or are you looking for trouble?"