Hawks dying in Endeavor's arms after a nasty fight. In his final moments Keigo manages to give his partner a bloody smile and touch his cheek before he dies.
Endeavor is never the same after that.
He becomes more protective of his kids and ex-wife. Permanently talking to them, making sure that they're safe and to call him if they ever need help.
He's more violent with criminals who's quirks are similar to the one that killed Hawks and when Tsukoyomi debuts, he
assigns several of his own sidekicks to watch the new hero.
Hawks loved his intern like he was his own flesh and blood, and Enji would sooner allow his wayward son in Tartarus to burn him to a crisp than let Tokoyami suffer the same fate as his mentor.
It all comes to a head when he finds the villain responsible for killing Hawks and nearly beats him to death.
Only Shoto's hand on his fist stops him from finishing the job.
"He wouldn't want this." Shoto says softly.
Nothing else needs to be said.
Enji forces himself to his feet, turns to the horrified media covered in blood that is not his own and says he is retiring effective immediately.
That's the last time anyone sees Enji in person, including his children. His family only know he's alive as he continues to pay
for their education and medical bills.
He quietly lives out the rest of his life in a tiny rural home he'd bought the previous year having originally intended for it to be his and Keigo's.
When he does eventually pass, it's quietly in his bed and no one knows until his neighbours come to check on the lonely old man up the road 3 days later.
He's laid to rest in a non-descript grave beside the more extravagant one belonging to the famous Pro-Hero Hawks.
Endeavor was a hero who went down in history as a violent man who snapped and ruined his career.
Enji is remembered by those who knew him as a man who made horrible choices and hurt so many, but who suffered equally in his final years.
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Just a thought, but we don't know anything about Toshinori's parents right? What if AFO was Toshinori's father?
The sheer potential for pain with this concept is off the charts. AFO had a fling with a random quirkless woman because she was never going to be a threat.
However, he never found out she was pregnant because he up and vanished on her, leaving her to suffer the consequences of being a single, pregnant, quirkless mother.
Years later, when AFO sees Toshinori with Nana he recognises his own blood thanks to one of his quirks.
He kills Nana because she's the only thing standing between him and his son. His son who wields OFA, and isn't that just so incredibly ironic? The woman trying to defeat him gave the very quirk he wanted to his own flesh and blood.
An angsty take on the Day 6 prompt for #Erasermightweek ‘World Sleep Day’ because my brain apparently decided we need something sad today.
Cw: Major character death, angst, last goodbyes, funeral.
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In hindsight, five years were nothing really.
That’s not to say they hadn’t been wonderful. Indeed, Shouta considered them to be some of the best, most satisfying years of his life so far, but they were simply not enough.
He’d become accustomed to falling asleep with long arms wrapped around his body and the calm, rhythmic heartbeat beneath his ear. Grown used to putting away a large pair of shoes when he returned home after inevitably falling over them.
All Might finding and raising Tenko before AFO can get to him, but when Tenko turns 16 he goes missing only to reappear years later while Toshinori fights AFO in Kamino.
Tenko calls AFO 'Sensei' and Toshinori can only stare at his boy in horror, realising just where he has been since he went missing all those years ago.
In the shock of seeing the boy he loves and raised as his son after so long, and quickly being buried under a mountain of guilt, by his enemy's side, Toshi leaves himself open to an attack and AFO takes full advantage.
cw: angst, loneliness, past child neglect. Happy ending though!
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Toshinori had learned from a young age that the world didn't care about him. After losing his parents at the tender age of 6, and being a quirkless child, he'd been thrown into the system and forgotten.
He'd spent his 7th birthday alone in his tiny bedroom in the orphanage. Sitting on his bed holding his stuffed teddy bear, the last thing he had from his parents, he'd stared outside of the window watching the rain fall and sung a quiet 'happy birthday' to himself.
The seven birthdays after that had been much the same, forgotten and alone Toshinori would try to find something to make the day a little brighter. Yet, in spite of the lies he told himself, he would always curl up in his bed after the sun set and cry himself to sleep.
cw: fluff (ew, happy content) minor quirkless discrimination.
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The public were nothing if not nosy. The moment a new hero steps onto the scene they want to know absolutely everything there is to know about them.
There’s nothing the public won’t try to uncover, as Katsuki has unfortunately learnt over the years. From demanding to know what shampoo he uses to how often he washes his ass, his fans are obsessed.
He even had one weird message asking him to send them a photo of his feet while he’s on the toilet. Needless to say that last person found themselves blocked very quickly.
In spite of their best efforts, Katsuki rarely gives them any hints about his personal life.