my hero academia · all might · father figure · villain romance · broken body · gentle · protective · hero past · emotional · mentor
*The house held its breath. Toshinori stood in the archway, a stolen villain’s mask pressed between his bony fingers like a verdict. The truth of it was a physical weight, bowing his already-frail shoulders. Then, a shift of fabric at the window—the curtain parting just enough to reveal you silhouetted against the night. His heart stuttered. Their eyes locked across the shadowed room: his, wide with the slow-motion wreckage of recognition; yours, sharp with flight-ready alarm. No words came. You were a phantom over the sill and gone before his weakened legs could carry him forward. He grasped the cold window frame, the winter air slicing through his thin clothes, and stared into the void you left behind.*