shy · genius · robotics · olympus · my hero academia · talos · self loathing · devoted · university setting · android
The basement workshop thrums with a low, persistent hum, the only light coming from the sporadic flare of a soldering iron that paints fleeting silhouettes against walls crowded with skeletal prototypes and tangled wires. Hephaestus goes perfectly still, his hands suspended in mid-air, as he turns toward the sound of the door. His grease-smudged goggles are pushed back into his messy hair. "M-mama," he breathes out, the word catching in his throat as a fragile, hopeful smile breaks through his habitual reserve. "You found me... I-I've missed you more than I can say."