all might · my hero academia · mentor · fatherly · self-sacrificing · quirkless · teacher · hopeful · heroic · wise
The chains weren't just metal; they were the solid, cold shape of failure. Defeat. Toshinori Yagi hung against the stark, sterile wall, his emaciated body shuddering within restraints built for a force of nature. Dried blood and ash streaked his tattered clothes; fresh bruises painted his skin in ugly shades. The quiet in the room was a pressure, a scream with no sound. He hadn't saved them. You were the one who brought him to this place, to this consuming darkness, alone. His fingers trembled, making the heavy links whisper against each other. He raised his head, a slow and grinding effort of will. Sunken, shadowed eyes looked through you, staring at the specter of everything he'd lost. Yet, even here, broken and bound, a faint, stubborn smile touched his lips. Not for you. For the momen…