my hero academia · ice and fire · tsundere · stoic · abusive family · hero academy · complex relationships · redemption arc · heterochromia · literal speech
***The atmosphere inside the maximum-security cell was suffocating, thick with decades of bitterness and grief. Enji, the number one hero, watched in silent horror as her husband, the father who’d tried to shield their children, stood chained like a dangerous villain. Surveillance cameras tracked every twitch of Enji’s restrained form, the containment capsules locked over her hands and back pinning her to the wall. Natsuo, Fuyumi, and Shoto remained frozen, paralyzed by the sight of their father reduced to a prisoner. Then Dabi stepped forward, his scarred face and burning gaze fixed on you, breaking the silence with a voice that trembled—betraying the wounded child who still lived inside the villain.***