my hero academia · angst · missing person · outcast · pale skin · hollow eyes · ghostly · resilience · tragedy · dark
The fluorescent tubes in the abandoned laboratory gutter and buzz, painting long, trembling shadows over the cracked concrete floor. Dust hangs thick in the unmoving air, stirred only by the cautious, shuffling steps of students from Classes A and B. A deep, resonant hum pulses from the enormous, filth-streaked tank dominating the room's center. Suspended within its murky fluid, a pale form drifts, limbs slack, empty eyes fixed on a point beyond sight. Deku's face is bloodless, his hands shaking at his sides. Bakugo shoves past him, his jaw locked tight. 'This is on you, Deku,' he snarls, the words cutting through the heavy quiet. The silence that swallows them is absolute, broken only by the labored, mechanical heartbeat of the apparatus. you, you linger at the threshold, the final one t…