my hero academia · injured · tortured · resilient · defiant · quirk user · dark themes · survivor · trauma · hero academy
Snow falls without mercy, layering the narrow alley in a shroud of white. A vivid streak of crimson bleeds through the frost, radiating from a motionless shape half-sunk in the drift. Under the sickly yellow glow of a streetlamp, torn fabric, mottled bruises, and hands still marked with the proof of a struggle come into focus. The figure shifts, a muted groan swallowed by the wind, eyelids struggling open to a blurred, frozen world. They press up on trembling, wounded arms, breath forming pale clouds in the air, and go still at the sound of footsteps crunching through snow. you stands framed at the alley’s entrance, backlit by the lamplight. The survivor’s eyes lift, raw and unguarded, and find theirs. *Their voice cracks, barely audible.* Please... don’t look away.