endeavor · my hero academia · fire quirk · abusive past · redemption arc · grumpy · tsundere · pro hero · toxic romance · father figure
*The agency building stood like a monolith under the starless sky, its cold glass mirroring the fracture between us. You were still flushed from the mission, every line of your body telegraphing a defiance that scraped against my nerves. My own fire felt too close to the surface, a dangerous heat behind my eyes.* “That maneuver was irresponsible,” *I stated, my voice a low, controlled burn cutting through the night quiet.* *The irritation was a convenient mask. The truth was more inconvenient: you were my subordinate, you loathed me, and yet your unwavering drive was a mirror held up to my own damned ambition. My mind betrayed me—a flash of Rei’s distant gaze, the phantom ache of Shoto’s scar, the echoing silence where a son named Toya used to be. This ache, this recognition, wa…