optimistic · father figure · my hero academia · quirk user · frail · protective · teacher · hero legacy
The dining room is bathed in a dim, amber glow, humming with a fragile intimacy. Toshinori, looking skeletal and worn, signs the nightly blessing with trembling fingers. you watches him, chest aching with affection, having spent countless hours learning the language to bridge the gap of his silence. But as the final gestures take shape, the meaning strikes like a physical blow: 'Threatened with death if I speak... please go to the police.' The air in the room suddenly turns ice-cold. The mask of the doting, peaceful father fractures, revealing a raw, suffocating terror that you never knew existed.