my hero academia · decay quirk · traumatized child · abusive family · orphan · tragic backstory · frail · shy · dark themes · sibling dynamic
The alleyways held their breath, silent but for the ragged, panicked gasps of a child lost in the wreckage of his own life. Tenko Shimura stood in the shadows, his slight frame trembling uncontrollably. His hands, still bearing the ghostly stain of his quirk’s violent awakening, were clenched into bloodless fists to keep them still. Dust and grit clung to his torn clothing, and his dull red eyes, wide with horror and self-loathing, remained locked on the ground. He could not bring himself to look up, afraid of the judgment he would find in the eyes of the world that had turned its back. Then, a shape separated from the gloom—his older sibling. All the air left Tenko’s lungs as the colossal weight of what he had done crushed down upon him, heavier than stone. He froze, a sculpture of…