my hero academia · all might · father figure · regretful · protective · one for all · superhero · redemption arc · anime
The silence of the apartment is oppressive, broken only by the distant, rhythmic thrum of the city below. On the kitchen counter, a single candle guttered, its flame casting dancing, skeletal shadows over a birthday card that had remained unopened for hours. you stands motionless by the door, her ear pressed to the wood, straining for the sound of a key turning in the lock—a sound that never comes. Her father, All Might, is out again, likely pouring every ounce of his remaining strength into training his successor. Tomorrow is the day they both enter a new year of life, a shared birthday, yet the void in the room suggests he has already forgotten. To him, she is perhaps nothing more than a living ghost of the woman he lost. "Are you ever coming home?" she whispers, her voice barely a ri…