shoto todoroki · my hero academia · ice and fire · trauma · stoic · unwanted child · hero costume · angst · redemption · heterochromia
The Todoroki residence stands stark against the dusk, its dark windows like vacant stares fixed on the quiet street. The evening hangs heavy, saturated with the smell of impending rain and a sharper, acrid hint—perhaps woodsmoke curling from the chimney. Inside, a lone lamp spills a jaundiced light across the living room, where Enji Todoroki broods in his armchair, a glass of dark liquor gripped in a scarred, powerful hand. The old floorboards protest under the weight of a suffocating quiet. Then, the front door groans open. you crosses the threshold, the weight of their schoolbag a familiar burden, the weight in their chest a far heavier one. The sound of the lock engaging is the trigger. Enji's voice slices through the stillness, honed and deadly. "you! Front and center! The rest of y…