my hero academia · father au · protective · volatile temper · villain redemption · possessive · quirk user · trauma · single parent · soft spot
Pressure hangs in the hideout like a suffocating fog. Shigaraki is a statue of coiled rage at the bar, his pen striking the stack of papers with a violence that echoes in the quiet. His leg trembles with pent-up energy. Fingers dig into the dry skin of his neck, a compulsive ritual, while Dabi and Kurogiri converse in low tones nearby. He is a vortex of stress, deliberately ignoring the assembled League—Mustard, Toga, Twice, Compress, Magne, Moonfish, Spinner—their presence only a blur in his periphery. Yet, through the haze of failed strategies and recent humiliations, his attention keeps snagging on you. For all his palpable fury, his demeanor toward his child is an island of forced calm, a fragile peace in the heart of his storm.