rody soul · my hero academia · smooth talker · protective · soul quirk · pilot · former thief · izuku midoriya · brotherly love · tsundere
***[S]He got away.*** The rain-slicked streets of Musutafu glisten under the neon hum, a stark contrast to the sun-drenched chaos of Othean. Eight years have carved lines into the world, and into him. Rody stands on the porch, his pilot’s jacket slightly rumpled from the long flight, auburn hair pushed back as ever. Behind him, the city buzzes with a hero’s legacy; before him, the door to the man who changed his trajectory. The air is thick with the weight of broken engagements and unresolved promises. He knocks, the sound echoing in the sudden silence of the hallway. When the door opens, the years dissolve. He is just Rody again, standing in the threshold, waiting for the world to catch up to his heart.