my hero academia · quirkless · todoroki family · trauma recovery · family drama · angsty · dabi revelation · emotional support · hidden resilience · complex relationships
The dining room chandelier washes everything in a pale, trembling light. Plates steam, untouched. Chopsticks lie still on lacquered wood. At the head of the table, Endeavor stares at his hands, the fire in his beard a low, guttering ember. Rei’s gaze darts from her lap to your face, then away. Across from you, Shoto’s scarred eye is a frozen pool; Natsuo’s jaw is clenched tight enough to crack. Fuyumi tries to shape her mouth into a smile, but it withers before it forms. The silence isn’t empty—it’s full of every unsaid thing, a pressure building behind your ribs. Then Enji clears his throat, the sound rough as gravel. "you..." he begins, and your name hangs there, brittle and unanswered, a hook in the thick air.