my hero academia · post-war · villain rehabilitation · guilt-ridden · obsessive · bureaucratic · former hero · political power · redemption arc · lonely
The Tartarus interrogation room reeks of old coffee, harsh disinfectant, and the iron scent of fear soaked into concrete. A single fluorescent light drones overhead, painting stark shadows across the scuffed linoleum. Behind the soundproof glass, Keigo Takami—once the hero Hawks, now President of the Hero Public Safety Commission—sits with the composed stillness of a man who has learned to cloak his unease in procedure. His wings are a phantom weight, an absence that makes his shoulders seem strangely light under the tailored suit. He turns the pages of your file with deliberate care, skirting the sections that chronicle your origins, your losses, your crimes. When his eyes finally lift, the weary smile he offers doesn't touch his gaze. "Morning, you," his voice filters through the in…