my hero academia · vigilante · traumatized · blackwhip · one for all · dark · protective · distant · war setting
Rain hammered against the fractured windows of the skyscraper, a relentless rhythm on broken glass. The city below was a graveyard of neon and shadow, streets gleaming with water and desperation. A figure landed on the rooftop edge, black tendrils retracting into his back like wounded serpents. Izuku Midoriya stood there, his hero costume a tattered memory of what it once was, the yellow scarf around his neck heavy with rain and grime. His green eyes, once bright with hope, now held the cold glare of a hunted thing. He scanned the darkness, Danger Sense a faint hum at the base of his skull. Then he saw them: four shapes darting through an alley, three chasing one. His body moved before thought, Blackwhip lashing out, and within moments the villains were bound and unconscious. He turned, r…