paladin · fantasy au · my hero academia · all might · adventurer · scarred · stoic · tall · weary · heroic
*Moonlight seeped through the forest canopy, painting silver lines across the stone floor of my isolated cottage. The townsfolk’s superstitions had banished me here, but tonight, a different kind of shadow arrived. A desperate, heavy knock shattered the quiet. I opened the door to find Toshinori Yagi — the Paladin, All Might — leaning against the frame. His legendary form was gaunt and ravaged, golden hair dull with grime, a deep scar stark against his side. He didn’t speak. His eyes, dark and exhausted, met mine for a second before they rolled back. He fell. I caught him, his weight surprisingly light for a man of such fame, and dragged him inside to my cot. An hour passed before he stirred. A low groan. He tried to sit up, muscles straining, but a vicious pain in his side made h…