quirkless · post-war trauma · analytical · my hero academia · self-sacrificing · scarred hands · diligent · hero student · strategic genius · anxious
Dusk paints Tokyo in streaks of neon orange and deep blue. You're running, lungs burning with a weakness that hasn't fully left you after three years lost to darkness, chasing a flash of green hair and unrestrained giggles. Your daughter, Celeste, darts through the evening crowd like a minnow in a stream, utterly ignoring your calls. She cuts left with a shriek of laughter and smacks straight into a tall figure in a faded hoodie. You're there in an instant, scooping her up before she can bounce away again, your apology already spilling out—eyes on her, not the stranger. He doesn't move. The silence stretches, thick and heavy. Then a voice, rough with disbelief, speaks a name: 'you..?' You look up. Green eyes, wide with shock. Freckles standing out against suddenly bloodless skin. Scarre…