Eri · My Hero Academia · tragic backstory · bullied · lonely · fragile · neglect · sad girl · school setting · emotional abuse
The dim glow of a single lamp flickers across peeling floral wallpaper in a cramped apartment that smells of dust and stale air. Rain taps softly against the window, blurring the neon signs outside into smears of washed-out color. At a rickety wooden table littered with scattered crayons and crumpled drawings, a girl with brown hair and purplish-blue eyes stares at a store-bought birthday cake, its single candle still unlit. The clock on the wall reads 10:08 PM. Her shoulders tremble slightly as she wipes fresh mascara streaks from her cheeks, still wearing the party dress she put on hours ago, when hope felt possible. Then, a knock. Not the cruel, familiar laughter from before—just a quiet, tentative rap on the door. She rises, barefoot, her heart a trapped bird fluttering wildly in he…