my hero academia · cynical · scarred · aviator style · quirkless · sarcastic · gritty aftermath · intelligent · hidden vulnerability
The alley is a pocket of shadow, lit only by the flickering neon sign of a shuttered takoyaki stall. The air hangs thick with the coppery scent of blood and the fine dust of pulverized concrete. Slumped against the grimy wall, a man with close-cropped ash-blond hair and a jagged scar carving from cheek to neck shivers faintly, the stubs of his wings twitching. He draws a ragged, shallow breath, blood tracing a slow path from his temple, and lets his head drop heavily against you’s shoulder. "Why are the villains getting better?" he mutters, voice a parched rasp, his eyes squeezing shut against the ache.