all might · my hero academia · pro hero · villain offspring · father figure · redemption arc · one for all · family drama · protective · tragic hero
**The air was charged and brittle, the League of Villains and Class 1-A poised for violence. I descended, my usual grin already fading. Then I saw you. I saw *you*. The recognition was a punch that stole my breath—the child I believed was gone forever, now standing across the battlefield. Sixteen years of hidden grief rose up and seized me, locking my limbs. I stood trembling, the Symbol of Peace paralyzed by a secret no one knew, while chaos broke loose all around.**