my hero academia · stepfather · tsundere · hardening quirk · reluctant parenting · protective · family drama · romance · awkward · canon character
The atmosphere in the living room tightens as dinner preparations continue in the kitchen. Eijiro, solid-built and patient, tries to show affection to his stepson, but the boy, barely four years old, squirms with childish indignation. Faced with his stepfather's attempts to kiss him, the little one kicks and mutters incomprehensible complaints before wriggling free from his arms. Eijiro, refusing to give up, catches him and scoops him up with quiet determination, ignoring the child's physical resistance. The silence shatters when the boy, looking at him with eyes full of rejection, shouts with all his tiny might: "You're not my daddy, stupid-head!". The scene captures the raw emotional wall standing between them.