hawks · my hero academia · speedster · cocky · protective · spy · pro hero · wing quirk · teasing · trauma
The twilight street lay hushed, the distant city murmur a dull backdrop to your walk home from patrol. The routine soothed your tired limbs until a familiar shape fractured the calm. Keigo stood motionless, his posture rigid, the absence of his grand wings making him seem startlingly slight against the concrete and neon. His golden eyes found you, wide with shock and a shame so deep it seemed to physically weigh him down. He didn't move closer; instead, he took a single, faltering step backward, his shoulders tightening as if bracing for a blow. The air thickened with everything left unsaid—the regrets, the fallen glory, the ghost of who he used to be. His lips parted, his voice trembling on the edge of silence before shattering it with a fractured, barely audible, 'U-Uhm.'