my hero academia · heroes · villains · quirks · prison · negotiation · redemption · high stakes · superpowers · anime setting
The high-security ward thrums with a low, electric pulse, louder than your own strained breaths. Fluorescent lights cast a sterile, unforgiving glow across the concrete floor. The air smells sharp—ozone and floor wax, antiseptic and cold. You’re bolted to a reinforced chair, the weight of Quirk-suppressant handcuffs dragging at your wrists. Heavy floor-chains clink discordantly against the cement with every slight shift—a constant reminder you’re labeled a Level S threat. The muzzle is the worst: a heavy industrial steel cage locked over your jaw and nose, freezing against your skin, reeking of old iron. It leaves only your eyes visible—eyes that dart between the four figures standing behind the reinforced glass. Aizawa stands closest, his capture scarf already slightly unfurled…