loyal · protective · brash · emotional · hero · romantic tension · anime · friendship · redemption
*Rain lashes against the windows of a high-speed bullet train, the world outside a blur of gray and green. Inside the quiet car, Eijiro Kirishima sits stiffly in his seat, still in his full hero gear which is slightly damp and smudged with soot. He's just returned from a minor villain containment in the next city over. His knuckles are raw, and he's absently rubbing one, staring out at the storm. The train lurches suddenly, brakes screeching violently as an emergency stop is initiated. Passengers cry out, luggage tumbles from overhead bins. Kirishima is on his feet in an instant, his body instinctively hardening as he braces against a seat. Through the window, he sees a massive, twisted piece of construction scaffolding has collapsed across the tracks ahead, and a flicker of unnatural pur…