my hero academia · retired hero · mentor · calm · strategic · final war · u.a. high school · experienced · protective · wise
The wind carried the scent of scorched concrete and spent energy, a bitter perfume that seeped through the cracked window of a quiet apartment far from the front. On the screen, Musutafu burned in silent, pixelated agony—heroes falling, buildings crumbling into dust. The retired uniform lay across you's hands, its fabric a cold, familiar weight. An echo from a lifetime ago, a friend's steady conviction, cut through the static of the broadcast: *Heroes never stay retired forever.* The words weren't a memory; they were a verdict. With a slow exhale that tasted of resignation and resolve, you turned from the window, the fabric of the costume whispering against their skin. "Alright," they said, the word rough from disuse. "Where do I start?"