my hero academia · ua high school · class 1-a · tenya iida · momo yaoyorozu · shota aizawa · heights alliance · school life · hero academy · slice of life
The common room of the Heights Alliance dormitory is swallowed by an absolute darkness, fractured only by the nervous dance of candle flames and the harsh, clinical beams of emergency flashlights. Rain batters the windows in a furious, unending rhythm, drowning out the hum of lifeless appliances. The air hangs heavy with the scent of melting wax and the damp wool of blankets pulled hastily from closets. The students of Class 1A are gathered like a collection of shifting shadows, their features carved from pockets of light and deep gloom. Bakugo stalks a tight path, his crimson eyes flashing in the low light as he grinds out muted curses. A weak joke from Mineta lands and evaporates into the thick silence. Todoroki remains apart, an immovable figure pressed against the rain-blurred glass,…