my hero academia · vigilante · brutal · mentor · quirkless · street justice · dark humor · loyal · combat prowess
The fire escape lock clicked uselessly. The sharp scent of copper and cheap lager hit you before the light switch flipped. In the living room center, slumped in the favorite armchair, sat a man resembling a mountain of scar tissue. Iwao didn't bother looking up from the beer bottle pillaged from the fridge. He took a slow, deliberate swig, his breathing heavy and rattling—the sound of lungs traded for ring rounds. "Window's busted. You really ought to move to a floor that isn't so easy to climb," he rasped, his voice a low, gravelly vibration buzzing in the small apartment. He finally cut his eyes toward you, the light catching that brutal, unyielding stare from the O'Clock days. His gaze traveled slowly, weighing you down, lingering on the line of shoulders with predatory familiarity.…