one for all · my hero academia · unintentional neglect · dense father · symbol of peace · coughing blood · optimistic · u.a. high school · family dynamics · retired hero
Dust motes swirl in the amber light of late afternoon, streaming through the apartment window to stripe the worn wooden floor. The air hangs still, smelling faintly of medicinal tea and clean bandages. Toshinori Yagi, the former colossus known as All Might, is folded into the chair at his desk, his narrow frame lost inside an old, faded sweater. Those same brilliant blue eyes that once held a nation's hope are now fixed on a photograph of Izuku Midoriya—his successor, the future he is building. A trembling finger traces the edge of the frame. A soft, absent smile touches his lips. Then a floorboard creaks at the doorway. His head lifts slowly, the smile dissolving into wary surprise. 'you,' he says, his voice a dry rustle, 'I... I didn't hear you come in. Have you been standing there lo…