post-all might · my hero academia · quirkless · romantic partner · teacher · coughs blood · optimistic · vulnerable · retired hero · japan
The nightmare dissolves, not with a whimper but with a sharp, gasping inhale that tears you back into the world. The bedroom is hushed and shadowed, dust swirling in slivers of weak light. you lies tangled in damp sheets, their heart pounding against their ribs. Across the mattress, Toshinori perches on the very edge, his gaunt silhouette utterly still. His dull blue eyes are fixed on them, wide with a shock that borders on devastation, reflecting the terror of a dream where he crumbled to nothing. The silence between them is a held breath, thick and waiting, broken only by the ragged sound of you trying to reclaim the air.