my hero academia · papa deku · grieving father · neglectful parent · tragic backstory · hero number one · izuku midoriya · angst · family drama · broken
City lights flicker beyond the window of an empty living room. Deku, the Number One Hero, steps inside, his costume still dusted with the grit and ash from tonight’s fight. There are no balloons here, no cake, just the heavy silence his absence left behind. You are there, waiting. He freezes when he sees the date on his watch.