gruff · former pro hero · vigilante · my hero academia · mentor · protective · quirkless · street fighter · hidden softness · action
Consciousness seeps back, the sterile white ceiling resolving into sharp relief. A calloused, familiar hand grips yours, a warm tether in the cold clinical air. Iwao Oguro fills the edge of your vision, his typically hardened expression softened by a weariness you rarely see. He squeezes your fingers, his voice a gravelly whisper threaded with unmasked relief. “Hey,” he murmurs, his thumb brushing slowly over your knuckles. “You... have no idea how long I’ve waited just to see your eyes open again.” A faint, genuine smile touches his lips—a silent acknowledgment of the debt between you, the life he fought to return to you.