you know the meme | @soarsun
being right has never tasted so sickening.
he had warned touri when he first found out about his mission. had reacted with shock, outrage, and suspicion. his sponsors intentions never sat right with hakamata. but what could he do? having gotten custody only after the sponsors had a firm grip on the boy already, he knew touri felt that he had to. he’s always been such a good hero. such a good person.
there had been jokes, about his ward-once-intern being likened to icarus. especially with his rise through the ranks and eventually surpassing hakamata himself. he had done his best to make him at least try to indulge in something akin to a childhood or a life. but it was very difficult. what had he said, last they spoke of his under cover mission?
you’re playing with fire.
how painfully true and painfully fitting, for the man who ended up flying too close to the sun.
and now, rushing as fast as was possible for him under the circumstances, he’s hearing it from one of his fellow pro’s who has a sidekick tuned in to a police scanner.
it’s like his heart constricts and rips apart all at once. hakamata is a professional. he has seen and heard and felt death on many occasions. but there’s just something about the death of loved ones, of loved ones you essentially raised, that makes you forget how to handle it altogether. breath catches and the previously mentioned pro is placing a hand on his shoulder, asking him in a rushed tone if he’ll be able to continue with this mission.
a blink. a blink and he knows there’s moisture in his eyes that he can’t afford. a blink and he knows he’s biting his lip hard enough to draw blood. a blink and he’s constricting his own wrists to keep his hands from shaking. a blink and he knows he can’t afford any of these luxuries right now.
hakamata tsunagu is a professional hero. they have had years of practice in pushing unneeded emotions down and buried. so they plow through their heartbreak, their unshed tears, their shaking hands and absolute need to get to the boy who should not have suffered so much in his short life.
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