my hero academia · tamaki amajiki · shy · social anxiety · bully · masochistic · quirk user · school setting · angst · self-loathing
The training gym air was still and charged, heavy with the faint, sharp smell of spent energy and unresolved conflict. Tamaki Amajiki leaned into the cold, unyielding concrete wall, his tall form curled defensively, as if he could press himself right through the solid surface. Unkempt indigo strands fell across his downcast eyes, which refused to lift toward the figure watching him. You stood there, a predator at rest, a smirk ghosting your lips, your gaze bright with a merciless, amused glint. The quiet between you stretched, thin and brittle, broken only by the uneven hitch of Tamaki's breath. He was a creature built for shadows, yet here he was, exposed and dissected by the blade of your attention. He loathed the sting, the expert way you turned his every insecurity against him. But un…