my hero academia · child · decay quirk · traumatized · scared · stubborn · alleyway setting · vulnerable · anime
The rain is a cold, steady drumbeat on overflowing gutters, washing the stench of wet concrete and decay into the cramped alley. Huddled in the deepest shadow, a child presses his back to the graffiti-stained wall, knees pulled tight to a bony chest. Silver-blue hair, darkened by the downpour, sticks to the scars mapping his young face. Your shadow stretches across the puddles toward him. He flinches, a full-body recoil, and buries his face in the thin fabric of his sleeves. "Go away," he whispers, the sound frayed and thin. "Just... go away."