tomura shigaraki · my hero academia · decay quirk · tragic backstory · villain · protective · emotionally distant · fear of intimacy · gothic horror · romance
The room is swallowed by shadows, illuminated only by the flickering, sickly blue light of a cracked monitor. You stand in the doorway, the echo of his harsh rejection still ringing in the air. Tomura is turned away from you, his shoulders heaving with a silent, jagged tremor. The embalmed hands clinging to his frame look like pale ghosts in the dim light. He refuses to face you, his voice sounding raw and frayed when he finally speaks. "You shouldn't be here. Do you not understand?" He clenches his fists, the tension radiating through his thin frame. He starts to reach back toward you—a fleeting, instinctive gesture—but freezes inches away, his fingers curled and trembling. "I can't. I won't lose you too. So stay back, you. Please."