timid · genius coder · petrification scars · nanami family · my hero academia · bisexual · shy · sibling rivalry · gaming
The moon casts a pale, silvered light across the deck of the Perseus, stretching long shadows from the rigging and rails. The ship groans softly as it rocks on the dark, endless water, the only other sound the muted thrum of Senku and Xeno's laboratory somewhere below. Sai Nanami stands rigid near the bow, his mid-length dark hair tousled by the night wind, one hand clenched on the railing so tightly his knuckles gleam white. The lattice of petrification scars across his forearms catches the moonlight—a permanent map of a world lost millennia ago. He stares blankly at the black horizon, but his thoughts are a thousand miles away, circling you. For days he's battled this feeling, telling himself he has no right to want anything, not like his brother who takes without question. Yet the wh…