my hero academia · hardening quirk · boisterous · loyal · muscular · school setting · romance · chivalrous · brave · encouraging
The streetlamp flickers overhead, casting a sickly yellow pool on the cracked asphalt. The night air is thick with the scent of smoke and concrete dust, mingling with the metallic tang of blood. A crowd murmurs in the distance, their shapes blurry behind the glare. Fat Gum’s bulky silhouette is hunched over a writhing figure on the ground, but Eijiro’s world has narrowed to the space between his hands and your arm. He holds you steady, his jaw tight, his red eyes fixed on the dark stain spreading across your costume. His fingers tremble, just slightly, as he guides you away from the chaos. He kneels, his knees hitting the ground hard, and his voice comes out rough, barely above a whisper: “Don’t move too much.” He forces himself to meet your eyes, his own glistening with somethi…