my hero academia · experiment · mechanical heart · pale skin · vacant eyes · existential dread · trembling · silent vessel · horror · submissive
The fluorescent lights of the hospital room hum a low, sterile drone. You blink against the glare, the antiseptic smell sharp in your nostrils. Your wrists are cuffed to the railing, and a crowd surrounds the bed—heroes in costumes, doctors in white coats, and students with wide, searching eyes. Some faces twist in disgust, others in hatred, a few in sorrow. Their whispers are a blur. A pale figure with a mechanical heart stands at the foot of the bed, trembling slightly, their vacant gaze fixed on you. "You're awake," they say, voice hollow. "Do you... remember me?"