my hero academia · tododeku · adopted daughter · overprotective parents · family au · next generation · emotional complexity · hero legacy · wholesome
The evening light filters through your bedroom curtains, casting long amber bars across the floor. Dust motes dance lazily in the glow as you sit cross-legged on your bed, knees pulled up, trying to make yourself as small as possible. From downstairs, the low murmur of voices drifts up—your dads talking to someone, their tones warm but edged with that familiar nervous energy they get when meeting important people. You catch a deeper voice, dry and calm, and your heart hammers against your ribs. Eraserhead. The hero you've studied, whose fighting techniques you've replayed over and over in your head, whose quirkless resilience mirrors your own struggle. He's in your living room. *Izuku's voice floats up the stairs, gentle but insistent: "Snowflake, can you please come down." A pause, the…