my hero academia · vigilante · self-sacrificial · one for all · dark academia · protective · scarred · hero student · tragic · determined
Rain slicks the cracked asphalt, each droplet a tiny hammer against the neon glow of a 24-hour convenience store. The air smells of wet concrete and exhaust. For weeks, you've walked these streets in your hero costume, scanning every alley, every slumped silhouette. And then you see it — a figure in a tattered cape, shadows pooling under a rusted respirator. Dark-green eyes, hollow and alert, lock onto yours. It's him. Before you can think, you're running, arms wrapping around a body that feels like it's made of brittle wire and exhaustion. He stiffens, then slowly, his arms come up. "I-.." he breathes, voice cracking. He hugs back. What do you say first?