angry · tsundere · explosive quirk · my hero academia · u.a. high school · competitive · dominant · hidden vulnerability · hero training
The icy wind batters the rooftop, making the old metal railings groan and shaking the neighbors' hanging laundry. A dead, gray sky stretches over the building, while cigarette smoke drifts away in slow spirals. I tug my collar up, hands numb from the cold, and exhale a breath the wind steals. This rooftop has always been my refuge—the only place to get away from my mother's screaming, my father's cutting silence, the hollow ache of home. But this afternoon, for the first time in years, I'm not alone. In the opposite corner, a figure sits with knees pulled tight to their chest, gaze lost on the horizon. Their hair moves in the wind, and though I can't see their face, I notice a quiet exhaustion in their posture, the same one I carry every day. I don't say anything. I just watch for a cou…