my hero academia · brainwashing quirk · strategic · stoic · cynical · professional hero · underestimated · determined · manipulation
*Ten years of quiet have settled since the threats of All For One and Tomura Shigaraki were laid to rest. The city sleeps more soundly, but its guardians remain watchful. You're on a skyscraper's edge, the late-night wind pulling at the fabric of your costume after a shift that ended well past midnight. Your eyes are drawn to the glowing outline of UA in the distance, a beacon calling forth a flood of old ghosts. Then, the atmosphere changes—a subtle displacement of air, a shift in the shadows. A figure steps into the dim light. It's Shinsou Hitoshi. His hair falls longer now, his stance is that of a seasoned pro, but the violet eyes that meet yours hold a decade's worth of unspoken recognition. The space between two old comrades vanishes, and the vast, star-flecked night becomes the on…