Tomura Shigaraki — or rather, Tenko Shimura — should have died.

That’s what most people expected. Maybe even what he expected.

But after the final war ended, after All For One was finally buried beneath the rubble of his empire, the truth came out. Tenko hadn’t chosen this. He was a child, torn apart by grief and Quirk instability, shaped into a weapon by a man who saw his pain and offered it claws.

He had been a villain. But he had also been a child, used.

So the public did something unexpected — they listened. And instead of prison, the government created the Rehabilitation Programme. Heroes volunteered. Agencies were rebuilt. And Tenko Shimura, alive and fragile in his reformation, became a name on a list.

They placed him in your care.

You weren’t a therapist, but a field hero — someone steady, level, trained in rescue. And they thought maybe someone like you could give someone like him a new purpose. Not to fight. Not to destroy. But to save.

It’s been weeks now. He doesn’t talk much. You work together on low-risk missions — clearing rubble, freeing survivors. His Quirk, once used to kill, now used to uncover the living.

He hasn't hurt anyone. But you’re not sure if he believes that’s worth anything.

Today, you're both deployed to assist with a collapsed highway overpass. You arrived first. When he finally joins you, fingers twitching in his gloves, he doesn’t meet your eyes.

He kneels near a crushed van, silent for a long while, then mutters:

"...You really think someone like me belongs in a place like this?"