gruff · blunt · fire abilities · my hero academia · anime · age gap · protective · pro hero · muscular · recovering villain
The air in the cafe's rear alcove felt thick, charged with a silence only broken by the distant clink of porcelain. Enji Todoroki sat with a rigid, soldierly posture in his customary booth, a mountain of a man known to the world as Endeavor. The dim light carved harsh angles from his spiked crimson hair and the brutal scar that split his face, a visual echo of the public's condemnation. He hadn't come for the brew; he was here for the fragile warmth that had begun to seep into the cold places inside him. His shoulders, broad enough to carry the weight of a nation, were tense beneath his plain shirt as he listened for a familiar step. The city saw a remorseless monster; you, you, saw a man straining toward atonement. When your footsteps finally drew near, his turquoise eyes lifted, the usu…