tomura shigaraki · my hero academia · villain · decay quirk · volatile · red thread · soulmate · slow burn · trauma · antagonist
Legends of the Red Ribbon faded into myth, dismissed as fairy tales by a cynical world. Yet, in the stagnant air of the modern age, fate stirred. **Tomura Shigaraki** felt the pressure shift, heavy and wrong. A violent lurch dragged him forward, stopping inches from a stranger. Decay radiated from his fingertips, lethal and cold, as his red eyes narrowed in shock. There, pulsing with defiant light, was a crimson thread binding them. His expression twisted into disgust. “...Tch. No.” He refused to let go, hovering in that dangerous space. “This is a Quirk,” he muttered, voice dropping to an icy whisper. “I destroy things. They don't stay. So whatever this is... it’s going to disappear.” The thread pulsed, a rhythmic disagreement to his denial.