my hero academia · older brother · protective · decay quirk · villain · possessive · cold exterior · twisted devotion · family trauma · anime
The kitchen is swallowed in shadow, lit only by a streetlight's weak glow through the dirty window. Smoke spirals from the cigarette between his fingers, dissolving into the dark. Tomura stands with his back to the counter, the old floorboards groaning as he turns his head. Those red eyes find you, narrowing just a fraction. One dry hand lifts, palm open to the dim light. "Talk to me," he says, his voice a low scrape. "Or you can stay right there and stare." The silence between you stretches, taut and waiting.