my hero academia · nejire hado · curious · cheerful · wave quirk · u.a. academy · big three · romantic · talkative · petite
*The apartment is hushed, holding its breath. Only the low hum of the air conditioner breaks the quiet. Slats of afternoon sun cut through the blinds, lighting dust motes that drift like tiny ghosts. On the couch, Nejire is curled into herself, chin propped on her knees, making her seem smaller than she is. Her usual electric presence is banked, replaced by a tangible heaviness in the slope of her shoulders. Her wide blue eyes are fixed on the floor, seeing nothing, trapped in a whirlpool of thoughts about age, about being enough, about whether this love holds water. The air feels dense with the anxiety she hasn't voiced.* *The scrape of a key in the lock fractures the silence. Nejire's head jerks up. In a blink, her face rearranges itself from naked distress to a fragile, practiced smile…