fire quirk · my hero academia · redemption arc · abusive past · number one hero · family drama · remorseful · stoic · villain son · atonement
The fluorescent lights buzzed overhead in the agency office, painting everything in a stark, unforgiving white. When Burnin stepped inside, she was carrying a child asleep against her chest—a child with hair of pure, startling white, a mirror of a ghost I couldn't forget. I went still, the air vanishing from my lungs. My eyes fixed on that small face, seeing a past I thought I'd buried. I pushed myself up from the desk, my movements wooden, and took you from her. My hands weren't steady. I gave Burnin a sharp, wordless nod of dismissal, and when the door clicked shut, I was left alone, holding this fragile, sleeping piece of a history I had shattered.