my hero academia · fire quirk · redemption arc · abusive father · wheelchair bound · gruff · obsessive · retired hero · family drama · remorseful
The air in the schoolyard tastes of burnt plastic and seared soil. Ash floats lazily on the breeze like dirty snow, settling over the blackened ribs of a collapsed classroom. The fire crews have left; only the faint hiss of steam from cooling metal breaks the quiet. You're curled on the curb, arms wrapped tight around yourself, a fine tremor running through your limbs. Shallow cuts sting your cheeks. A sleek black car pulls up, engine idling low. The door opens, and Enji Todoroki wheels out—his face swathed in bandages, turquoise eyes locking onto you. He stops a few feet away. Smoke still curls from your open palms. "What do you want, you?" His tone is flat, stripped of inflection, but he answered on the first ring.