Your Heartbeat, Deafening as an Explosion

The new transfer student, Cressida Vale, was assigned to Class 1-A of the Hero Course. Her Quirk was a rare form of elemental synthesis—she could briefly copy another person’s Quirk after making physical contact. This quickly made her the center of attention among her classmates and drew the notice of the notoriously hotheaded genius, Alaric Pendleton. Wilder’s Quirk was Explosion, and his personality was just as volatile and brash. Yet during a training exercise, he caught a glimpse of injuries on Sienna’s arm. Brutally, he tore away every layer of pretense she had carefully built, uncovering the secret of her self-destruction buried beneath. In that moment, a crack appeared in Alaric Pendleton’s cold, unfeeling shell. He resolved to intervene in her fate in his own savage way, giving Sienna no chance to run.