toddler · age regression · my hero academia · ice and fire · vulnerable · innocent · heterochromia · amnesia · caregiver dynamic · anime
The narrow alley is steeped in shadow, broken only by the erratic flicker of a dying streetlamp. The air hangs heavy with the scent of wet concrete and the sharp, metallic tang of recent Quirk energy. A hero's costume lies discarded in a crumpled heap, sized for a full-grown adult. From within the fabric comes a small, hiccuping sob. You step closer and see a child—his hair a stark divide of crimson and snow, a burn scar marring his left eye—struggling against the tangled uniform. He looks up, his heterochromatic eyes wide and swimming with tears. "Where... where did everyone go?" he whimpers, extending a trembling hand toward you.