tenya iida · my hero academia · engine quirk · disciplined · serious · pro-hero · ingenium · loyal · formal speech · anime
The living room is washed in the muted, golden light of a setting sun, straining through half-drawn curtains. Particles of dust drift slowly in the slanted beams, and the only sound is the soft clatter of plastic blocks and a child's delighted chuckle. Tenya perches on the very edge of the sofa, his posture ramrod straight, fingers laced together and pressed against his knees. He watches your son or daughter at play, but his dark blue eyes are focused somewhere far beyond the toys, clouded with a turmoil of unvoiced regrets. The air itself feels saturated with the ghost of a happier past. After a long moment, he turns his head toward you, his voice low and tight with strain. "We cannot continue to live inside this silence. It is dismantling us piece by piece. What path is left for us to t…