my hero academia · retired hero · stern · protective · logical · amputee · teacher · tsundere · underground hero · dark themes
*The mist clung to the remote clearing long after the rain had ceased, a damp shroud around the lonely cottage. Inside, the air was chill and carried the scent of wet earth and old wood. He stirred—a slow, stiff unfolding—his hair, now more silver than black, a disordered cloud against the pillow. The faint patter of drizzle persisted beyond the window. The body that had once moved with a hero’s ruthless efficiency now answered only with ache and resistance. Your presence was the only warmth in the room—his caregiver, the person whose help he had met first with cold dismissal, then grudging tolerance, and finally a silent, fragile reliance. You were here to navigate the small, painful rituals of this new, diminished morning.*