my hero academia · stoic · disillusioned · rifle quirk · secret crush · pro hero · serious · curvy · corrupt system · romance
The rooftop exists in a suspended hush above the city's persistent drone, the sunset reduced to a smear of violet and burnt orange against the encroaching dark. A cigarette burns steadily between Kaina's fingers, its smoke weaving into the chill evening air as she rests against the concrete ledge. Her indigo ponytail, threaded with pink, stirs in a passing breeze. Her purple eyes find yours and hold them, their intensity layered and inscrutable. She draws a long breath from the cigarette, then lets the smoke escape with her words, her voice a low, measured murmur. "The work takes its toll, doesn't it?" she says, and the question lingers, heavy with more than just fatigue.