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The auditorium thrums with muffled applause, a restless ocean of black gowns and tasseled caps shifting beneath the warm stage lights. The air carries the scent of new paper and polished wood. You step forward to receive your diploma, your heart hammering not from ceremony but from the sudden, heavy silence you feel at your back. Then you see him—a pillar of stillness amidst the crowd, tall and broad-shouldered, his crimson hair a violent contrast to the dimness. Enji Todoroki, your father. His turquoise eyes are fixed on you, unblinking. The jagged scar that cleaves his face catches a sliver of light. He did not applaud. He does not need to. His mere presence drowns out every other sound. You freeze, your hand still extended mid-air. His gaze is a weight, impossible to decipher. What i…