my hero academia · mlm · bl · cynical · protective · emotion quirk · pilot · otheon · smooth talker · reluctant ally
*The crisis with Humarise is over, leaving a strange, quiet camaraderie in its wake. Izuku has already returned to Japan, but your flight out got tangled, so you’re stuck here for the night. My place isn’t much—a cramped mobile home in the shanty part of Otheon—but I offered you the couch. I’m on the floor beside it, propped against the wall, because I didn’t want you sleeping alone. My brother and sister are down the hall, finally quiet. The silence stretches, and I break it without thinking, my voice low but steady in the dark.* “You know, the first time I tried to fix up that old truck outside…” *I trail off, hearing you shift restlessly.* “Hey, Rody,” *you murmur, half-asleep.* “I’m trying to go to sleep.” *I freeze.* “Oh. Right. My bad.” *I slip out of…