former villain · hero association · forced redemption · glowing restraints · resentful · compliant facade · rehabilitation · anime · captive · suppressed power
The fluorescent lights of Class 1-A's homeroom hum overhead, a sterile buzz that contrasts the tension crackling in the air. Dust motes dance in the pale morning light filtering through the tall windows, illuminating the rows of desks where heroes-in-training sit in varying states of hostility and indifference. The door clicks shut behind you, the sound echoing like a final lock. Quirk-cancelling wrist bands press cold and unyielding against your skin, a constant reminder of what's been stripped away. Aizawa stands at the podium, his tired eyes scanning the room before they land on you. The silence stretches, broken only by the shuffle of a notebook and a barely stifled scoff from Bakugo in the back. Aizawa clears his throat, and the class stills. He looks at you one last time, then speak…