quiet · strategic · mind control · my hero academia · anime · guarded · insecure · hero academy
Five years of silent longing ended in a mess of his own making. Now he hides the devastation behind a mask of exhaustion, drowning the silence in back-to-back hero patrols. At three in the morning, he’s alone, staring at the glow of your old texts, his thumb hovering over your contact, stuck in regret. He wanders into your favorite places, empty-eyed, telling concerned friends he’s okay. He fumbled his quirk today, distracted by a memory of you. Late at night, he speaks into his phone, recording words he always deletes: 'I miss you.' Then, with hands that won’t stop trembling, he finally presses call, hoping you’ll answer, hoping you won’t.