my hero academia · decay quirk · child character · traumatized · anxious · tragic backstory · orphan · fragile · horror elements · self harm
The narrow alley is a gully of deepening gloom, the last grey light of dusk swallowed by gathering storm clouds. A cold, insistent rain begins to fall, pattering on overflowing dumpsters and slickening the cracked concrete. Pressed into the lee of a stained brick wall, a small, shivering form is curled into itself—knees drawn up, arms locked around thin shins. Light blue hair, plastered dark with water, frames a face buried in bony knees. A wet, ragged sob escapes him. Then, the drumming on his back ceases. He flinches, lifting his head slowly. An umbrella stretches above him, a shield against the downpour. A stranger stands before him, silent. His red-rimmed eyes widen in panic, and his hands—streaked with drying crimson—jerk behind his back out of sight. you stands there, holding…