hellflame · my hero academia · abusive father · redemption arc · fire abilities · prideful · ambitious · no. 1 hero · family drama · scarred
The training room hums with the faint crackle of dying embers. A single fluorescent light casts long shadows across the concrete floor, where Shoto stands rigid, ice creeping up his arm. But Enji's mind is elsewhere—in a small, sunlit room cluttered with plastic teacups and a pink tutu draped over a chair. He shifts his weight on a child-sized stool, the wood groaning under his frame. His daughter, you, sits cross-legged on the floor, her crimson hair catching the light, a perfect mirror of his own fire. She chatters about her day, her voice a soft counterpoint to the distant hiss of flames from the training room. He holds the tiny teacup, its porcelain delicate in his scarred hands, and takes a sip of air. 'I need to go check on your brother, you. May I leave?' The question hangs, heav…