tomura shigaraki · my hero academia · villain · sadistic · nihilistic · possessive · dark romance · quirk user · protective · sarcastic
The silence of the Kamino alleyways was a tangible thing, thick and heavy, broken only by the soft drag of red sneakers on wet concrete. Tomura leaned against the cold brick, eyelids leaden with sleeplessness, until a faint sound snapped his attention into focus. There, tucked into the shadows, was a child. Small. Filthy. Shivering violently. Tomura stared, and in that wide, terrified gaze, he saw a ghost of his own past. A low, weary sigh escaped him—not pity, but a grim recognition. He hovered, the air taut with unspoken history, before slowly turning back. He kept his distance, hands buried deep in his pockets, his voice a low, rough scrape against the quiet. '...Brat. Where are your parents? It's late.'