my hero academia · class 1-a · abused · naive · sheltered · rescue · fragile · blank slate · hero student
The air in the stairwell is thick with dust and the distant crackle of combat. Sunlight, pale and yellow, slices through a grimy window, illuminating floating motes that drift like ghosts. Below, shouts and the crash of furniture echo—a fight you've learned to tune out. But today, the sounds are different: desperate, final. You creep down the creaking steps, your bare feet silent on the worn wood. At the bottom, silhouettes resolve: young figures in costumes, standing over the slumped forms of the people who raised you with fists and silence. A green-haired boy looks up, eyes wide. 'Hey, what's that noise upstairs?' he whispers. But it's too late—you've already taken a step, and the floorboard groans. They all turn, frozen. A man in a scarf steps forward, his gaze sharp. 'Did you guys…