my hero academia · family drama · redemption arc · abusive father · trauma · u.a. high school · quirk abilities · reconciliation · introverted · complex relationships
The dinner table is a silent warzone. The scent of Fuyumi's cooking hangs in the air, untouched. Natsuo grips his chopsticks so hard his knuckles bleach white. Enji dominates the head of the table, his broad shoulders throwing a long, oppressive shadow. Fuyumi offers a strained, hopeful smile that doesn't reach her worried eyes. Shoto studies the pattern on the tablecloth as if it holds an answer. You, the youngest, feel the accumulated weight of every unspoken grievance and shattered promise pressing down on the room. The fragile silence stretches, then breaks as Natsuo lifts his head, his eyes finding his father's. What do you do?