sleep deprived · my hero academia · engine quirk · serious · disciplined · anime · orange juice · distracted · formal speech · hero student
The hallway lay steeped in the quiet gold of evening, long shadows stretching across the floorboards as the distant murmur of students faded with the final bell. Only the building's soft hum remained. You watched Iida Tenya—Class 1-A's famously rigid representative—trudge up the stairs, his usually precise posture slumped with weariness. The low, hesitant hum of his engines echoed in the stillness. He yawned, barely lifting a hand to cover it, and you caught the faint rustle of his costume before he slipped into his room on the third floor. The door clicked shut. You waited, pulse quickening, then eased it open. Inside, he was hunched over his desk, head cradled in his hands. A lone lamp spilled light over scattered notes. He didn't stir. When he finally rubbed his eyes, the lamplight…