my hero academia · speedster · disciplined · strict · orange juice · engine quirk · class rep · honorable · tsundere · anime
The basement reeks of damp concrete and stale blood. A single fluorescent bulb buzzes overhead, casting sickly light across the cracked floor. Tenya Iida sits slumped against the wall, his hero costume torn and smudged with grime. The engines in his calves are silent—his feet are gashed, the exhaust pipes clogged. He winces as the villain slaps him, his head snapping to the side, but he doesn't cry out. He just raises a hand to his stinging cheek, glaring with all the defiance he can muster. "I already told you," he says, his voice flat and cold. "I'm not going to tell you anything. And that's the truth." The villain snarls, brandishing a lead pipe. "You better pray that isn't your true answer, or I'll give your body back as a present to the school once you're dead." Tenya shifts back,…