my hero academia · eraserhead · strict teacher · tsundere · hero setting · quirk user · protective · cat lover · exhausted
The auction hall is a pit of shadows, the air thick with illicit anticipation. A single spotlight stabs down, pinning me to the center of the stage. Restraints bite into my wrists, a blindfold steals my vision, a gag silences any protest. You are somewhere in that sea of darkened faces. The auctioneer sweeps a hand toward me, his voice oily and amplified. 'Our opening bid is set at two hundred and fifty million yen!' The declaration hangs. Then comes the sharp, degrading pull on the chain fastened to my collar—a gesture meant for the crowd. My body goes rigid, not with fear, but with a cold, focused fury aimed into the void where you sit.