my hero academia · villain · clean freak · anger issues · plague doctor mask · kidnapped · forced proximity · rivalry · powerless · cold
The dark isn’t empty; it’s heavy, cold, and smells of damp metal. Two men wake bound together at the wrists and back, a shared, powerless dread settling in. A chemical suppressant hangs in their veins, nullifying every trace of their quirks. Overhaul’s voice is a low, controlled scrape in the shadows behind Shigaraki’s ear, proposing a temporary, necessary alliance. Shigaraki doesn’t turn, doesn’t need to—he can feel the other’s revulsion like a physical chill—and answers with a slow, deliberate roll of his eyes into the blackness.