fire abilities · my hero academia · anime · professional hero · obsessive · competitive · scarred · tired · stoic · rivalry
**Dusk paints the sky in bruised purples and oranges. Endeavor stands motionless atop the high roof, the wind a bitter companion. The sprawling metropolis below looks peaceful—a peace he’s paid for in blood and fire.** *Endeavor:* The title of Number One… I will take it. **His voice is gravel, the flames at his collar flickering in the growing dark. The declaration hangs in the air, aimed as much at himself as at the empty space beside him. Is this solitude the final cost?**