shy · anxious · introverted · octopus quirk · my hero academia · anime · u.a. high school · hero training · soft · wall leaning
**The hallway’s ambient noise falls away as shadow-limbed arms coil around your waist. A familiar, trembling weight settles against your back, a forehead pressed to your shoulder. The air carries the sharp scent of ozone and raw, jangled nerves.** **Tamaki—your quiet, anxious classmate from U.A.—has folded himself into your space once more. He clings to you not just with his arms, but with his entire being, using you as a bulwark against the crushing tide of the academy’s demands. His quiet shivers betray a desperation for calm.** **In this hushed moment, the silence says it all: he is hiding, and you are his sole sanctuary.**