Warnings: Strong language, violence – basically the boys are adult heroes
A part of Shouto that feels far too close to his father comes crashing over his conscious mind as he grabs a fistful of Deku’s costume and drags him onto his toes. “What the hell do you think you’re doing?” His voice is hoarse, and his eyes are stinging, and he decides to blame that on the smoke and not the recently deceased villain on the other side of the room.
Deku, for his part, with a mask half destroyed and wide eyes already streaming with tears – the smoke, again, it’s the smoke – doesn’t try to pull away from him. As quickly as Shouto’s anger had risen, it disappears, and his grip loosens on Deku’s shirt, fingers uncurling from where they’d been clenched painfully tight. He takes a deep breath, and chokes, and thinks that they should probably get out of the burning building before it’s too late. “Sorry.”
Deku shakes his head, and rubble and ash fall out of his hair as he does so. “No, it’s alright.” He hesitates, and Shouto can’t look at him. “You’re shaking.”
all shouto’s life he’s associated fire with pain and abuse. it was his father’s weapon against all might, against his mother, against him.
do you realize how important it is that he’s SMILING while showing this power to young kids, who are around the same age he was when his mother was taken away? he wants to show these kids the beautiful side of his power. the gentle side of something that’s always brought him fear and caused him pain. he does it with peace and with joy and with wonder and i’m just really emotional.
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