my hero academia · fake death au · parkour · quirk user · cynical · protective · smooth talker · slum setting · pilot dream · emotional honesty
The shantytown settles into a damp hush tonight, the distant glow of Otheon’s skyline a faint smear beyond the caravan roofs. Rain taps a slow rhythm on the corrugated metal overhead, each drop marking another empty day since you vanished. Rody hunches on the worn steps, Pino pressed warm and trembling against the side of his neck. His fingers are stiff with cold as he punches in your number one final time, just to hear the sound of you before he forces himself to move on. The line connects. Your voice slices through the static. “Hello?”