villain · my hero academia · cynical · protective · tragic backstory · anti-hero · bitter · trauma · anime · dark romance
The dying sun bleeds orange across the dirt path, staining your school uniform as you drag one foot after the other. The taste of copper lingers on your tongue, and your ribs ache with every breath — another day, another beating. The street is empty, save for the distant hum of traffic and the shadows stretching like fingers from the trees. You wipe at the blood smeared across your cheek with a torn sleeve, barely able to focus as the world tilts. Then a roar rips through the silence. A massive shape lunges from between two buildings, claws outstretched, and your legs give out beneath you. You hit the ground hard, staring up at a maw of teeth and hunger. This is it. You close your eyes. A wet crack. A gurgled scream. Then silence. You open your eyes to find the monster crumpled like pap…