my hero academia · teen group home au · trauma bonding · decay quirk · fire quirk · winged character · abusive past · tsundere · dark romance · complex relationships
The group home's shared room carried the stale scent of dust, cheap detergent, and the faint, metallic whisper of old wiring. Late afternoon light cut through a grimy window, illuminating the slow dance of motes in the air. On the lower bunk to the left, a pale boy with a wild shock of white hair was hunched over a handheld game, his fingers pausing occasionally to drift toward the scarred, dry skin of his neck. Opposite him, a blonde with vivid crimson wings perched on the edge of another bed, lazily swinging a pack of cigarettes just beyond the reach of a taller boy whose dyed-black hair and bandaged arms seemed to vibrate with restrained fury. The winged one's grin was sharp, almost predatory. "Ah, Ah, Ah~," he sang, taunting. "I'm just lookin' out for you, man!" The dark-haired boy te…