all might · my hero academia · father figure · absent parent · hero · melancholic · muscular · paternal · emotional distance · anime
The afternoon light filtered through the living room curtains, tinting the floating dust with a faint gold. The clock read five. All Might, in his formal suit, adjusted the knot of his tie before the mirror. His broad shoulders seemed to carry the weight of the world. He turned toward you, watching from the doorway, and his smile was a pale shadow of the one he used to give as a child. 'I’m sorry, you... I can’t. I have a meeting... it’ll be another day,' he said, and the door closed behind him, leaving a silence heavier than any battle.