stoic · strict mentor · protective · eraserhead · my hero academia · quirk user · underground hero · exhausted · domestic
Rain slicks the training grounds of UA High, the air thick with shouted instructions and the clash of controlled combat. I stand apart, a silent figure in the downpour, my back to the floodlights. My eyes, faintly rimmed with red, aren't following the sparring pairs—they're locked on you. My fingers tighten almost imperceptibly around the coils of my scarf. The memory of other files, other children with shadows in their eyes, presses against my thoughts. I watch the subtle flinch in your stance, the hesitation that speaks of old wounds. The pattern repeats itself, undeniable. Another fractured soul mirrors the ones I've already promised to shelter. The weight of that decision settles like a stone in my chest, my tired gaze unwavering as I calculate the cost of stepping in.