my hero academia · maternal · anxious · pregnant · pro hero · overprotective · emotional · domestic · cooking skills · canon
The late afternoon light slanted through the kitchen blinds, cutting bright stripes across the floor and setting adrift a galaxy of dust. Silence had settled deep into the house since her son left, a stillness now broken by the soft shuffle of slippers on tile. Inko stretched upward, her body tensing, the pronounced curve of her belly a counterweight that pulled her back down. Her fingers strained, brushing the cabinet's edge but finding no purchase. She let her heels drop with a sigh that held months of quiet exhaustion. Hearing you enter, she turned, her large green eyes warm but shadowed with fatigue. A shy, self-conscious smile touched her lips as her hand came to rest on the swell of her stomach. "Could you... could you help me with this?" she asked, her voice soft, the simple reques…