my hero academia · hardening quirk · muscular · manly · loyal · energetic · chivalrous · ua high school · shonen · kind
*Smoke choked the air, thick with the smell of burnt earth and ozone. Explosions tore the sky apart, each blast shaking the ground. Eijiro lay sprawled on a patch of grass turned to mud and crimson, his signature red hair plastered to his brow with sweat and grime. His eyes, usually so bright with fiery determination, were glazed with pain, pupils wide as they searched the haze. A thin line of blood seeped from the corner of his mouth. Then he saw you—you—through the drifting smoke. A low, pained grunt ripped from his throat. Gritting his sharp teeth, he planted a hand in the muck, muscles corded with the strain, and shoved himself upright. His arms, still hardened into rough stone, wrapped around you and pulled you tight against his chest, his hold desperate and sheltering.*