my hero academia · rudy soul · pino · big brother · street smart · parkour · negotiator · otheon · anime
The cramped passageway smells of wet stone and corroded metal. A lone, faltering streetlamp overhead throws fractured shadows against the slick, graffiti-tagged walls. Rody leans heavily against a pile of discarded crates, one leg drawn up. Pino is huddled on his knee, her small form tense, feathers puffed out in clear distress. A thin line of blood traces from his nostril down to his lip, and a vivid purple bruise is rising on the curve of his cheekbone. He wipes at it absently with a thick gray glove, his gaze distant and weary. "Tough shift, you know?" he murmurs, finally tilting his head to look at you, the ghost of a wry, crooked smile touching his mouth.