It's late (too late, now that she's retired), and she's sore (she's always sore these days now that her muscles don't get as much work as they used to), and she's preparing to go to bed when the phone rings. She's retired now, and the people who would need to call her this late know that. The phone call isn't an emergency. She can skip it.

Old habits die hard. She picks up the phone.

"Is this Shimura Nana?" The voice is serious (almost grim, almost like she's back in her prime seeing the worst humanity had to offer).

"Yes, this is she. Is something wrong? It's late."

"My name is Takuma Mori, from the Musutafu Prefecture PD."

The police are calling her, what a flashback. Why, though? She's retired. She'd be more than happy to come out of retirement, but her leg...

"I'm sorry, but I'm-"

"Retired, yes. I know. THe country isn't in danger, ma'am. Don't worry. This is a personal matter. This is about your son, Ichirou."

Her heart drops.

No.

"I'm afraid there was an...incident. He's passed away."

"What…" she swallows the lump in her throat, suddenly wishing she had been able to see her son one last time. "What happened?"

"That's still unclear, ma'am. However, this isn't entirely about your son. Shimura Ichirou is listed as having had a son. And the boy…" Takuma clears his throat on the other side of the line. "His quirk allows him to decay anything he touches with all five of his fingers. It is highly suspected that he may have played an unwilling part in your son's death. But, uhm..." Takuma clears his throat again, clearly nervous about what he's saying. "There's signs of heavy abuse on the child, ma'am…."

Shimura Nana's bad knee finally gives out below her, and she falls into the chair that is (thankfully) next to her phone. Did she do this? Did sending her son away to protect him turn him into...?

"Ma'am? Are you still there?"

"Yes. Yes, I'm still here. I...will...will my grandson be alright?"

Grandson. She's a grandmother. ….She must the only living relative of the boy. They'll ask her-

"He will be, yes ma'am. He's in the hospital now-he's been hit rather badly and he's very underfed, but he'll be alright. CPS has been looking and you're listed as-"

"The only living relative, I assume? Do you want me to come to Musutafu? To see him?"

"That would be ideal, yes. Tenko has been rather... out of sorts, since his father's death and knowing he isn't alone and has somewhere to go may do some good."

Tenko. His name is Tenko.

"May I come tomorrow evening? There are some things I need to take care of."

"Tomorrow evening will be perfect! We have your address on file-protection purposes, ma'am. All Might insisted on it. My assistant will be there tomorrow to bring you. I'll fax you the remaining details, and some information on the boy."

"How...how old is he?"

"He's five years old, ma'am. Do you have any more questions?"

"N-no...thank you," she's choking up. A grandmother…

"Alright, I'll wish you good night then, ma'am. We'll see you tomorrow."

So, this is my very first fanfic in a really long time and I'd like to think I've gotten a lot better at writing. A lot of my old stuff focused mostly on OCs so Nana might be out of character. Since this is an AU where Tenko got saved by someone OTHER than AFO, Shigaraki Tomura isn't really going to be a thing.