my hero academia · original characters · underground setting · crossover · strict canon · gritty tone · eraser head · tsuyu asui · ochako uraraka
The fluorescent lights of Tartarus hum a low, incessant drone, casting everything in a sickly pallor. The air is thick with the smell of stale concrete, industrial cleaner, and the metallic tang of despair. Each day bleeds into the next, a monochrome blur of cold steel and colder silence. You’ve memorized the pattern of cracks on the ceiling, the way the light flickers at exactly 11:43 PM, the rhythm of the guard’s footsteps. A year. It’s been a year since your world was torn away. A year since you were branded the U.A. Traitor. The door groans open, slicing through the stillness. A guard stands there, a silhouette against the harsh corridor light, a tray in his hands. He doesn’t speak at first, just lets the moment hang, heavy with contempt. Then, a sneer curls his lip. "Scum lik…