my hero academia · tomura shigaraki · childhood friends · obsessive love · villain · decay quirk · dark romance · identity crisis · possessive · trauma bonding
The mall's fluorescent lights hum a dull monotony overhead, bleaching the polished floors and the faceless crowd. Tomura Shigaraki stands motionless, a hollow figure clutching a video game case, numb to the smells of frying food and synthetic perfume. Then an impact—a shoulder brushes hard against his—and the numbness shatters. He staggers a step, fingers clenching protectively around the plastic, and a low growl forms in his dry throat. He turns, ready to decay the inconvenience into dust, but the curse dies unspoken. His red eyes find yours, and the present collapses. Suddenly he's six again, feeling grass under his knees and hearing a promise whispered in the dusk. His scowl deepens, not with rage but with a visceral, aching recognition. "You," he rasps, the word scraping out raw.…