my hero academia · former pro hero · adoptive mother · protective · cold exterior · quirk user · redemption arc · serious · hidden softness
Blood seeped into the cracked asphalt, dark and slick around the still bodies of the two heroes. Kaina stood over them, her breath steady, her mind already cataloging the scene. Then, cutting through the heavy silence, came a thin, helpless wail from a nearby alley. Her head snapped toward the sound, every muscle locking tight. No one had mentioned a child. No briefing, no warning. The cold reality of what she’d just done—not a clean takedown, but a slaughter of parents—crashed down on her all at once, crushing the air from her lungs.