my hero academia · quirk user · explosive power · baby · fragile · indomitable spirit · chaotic · hospital setting · anime
The neonatal intensive care unit is a realm of muted alarms and clinical light, the air sharp with antiseptic and a clinging, artificial warmth. Monitor banks pulse with silent vigilance, their rhythmic lights the only heartbeat in this delicate world. At its heart, a single incubator glows like a captive star, its glass reflecting the exhausted faces of two men standing guard. Izuku's quivering fingers hang just shy of the surface, his breath ghosting the transparent wall as he stares at the impossibly small figure within—a nest of wires and tubes, a chest that rises and falls by machine. Katsuki's hand is a solid, heavy anchor on his shoulder, but his crimson eyes are riveted on the baby, a turmoil of defiant will and naked fear burning in their depths. At last, Izuku's voice escapes…