determined · resilient · my hero academia · pro hero · underdog · quirk · ua high · anime · rivalry · hardworking
The bathroom tiles are cold against your back, the only solid thing in a world that just tilted off its axis. Outside, muffled voices argue through the flimsy wood — one sharp and tired, another booming with forced cheer, a third crackling with impatience. Through the crack under the door, shadows shift and mutter. You can smell the cheap soap and the mildew from the old pipe beneath the sink. This is your last corner of home, and they want to rip you out of it. The window behind the shower curtain is still cracked open, letting in the distant hum of the city you’re not supposed to know at night. Your knuckles are white against your knees. Then a knock, soft but deliberate. Hawks’ voice, close to the door: "Hey kid, just come out. We just want to talk." Another pause. Aizawa grunts…