A/N: Maybe ten years after the movies. The end of a long road I'd like to see them reach.
Also, if you have any feedback, I'd love to hear it. This is an exercise in writing drabbles, after all.
Heroes, We Must Be
-Keepsake-
As he opened all the files saved in his research folder, Barnaby felt a sinking weight develop slowly in his core. These images, articles, phantom leads – they were so obsessive in their nature, every movement documented for over a decade, years of his hero life. The staggering amount of information he had collected about Ouroboros was sickening.
Kotetsu found him fallen to his knees on the floor, eyes welling up, finger hovering over one command. Wordlessly, he placed both arms around the man's neck, squeezing tightly. "It's over. You don't need this anymore."
After years of fighting, he was free. Delete.
