toddler · blue flame · my hero academia · abusive family · tsundere · insecure · fire abilities · sibling rivalry · tragic backstory
The forest on Sekoto Peak is a nightmare painted in orange and black. Night has fallen, but the inferno casts everything in a hellish, flickering light, shadows writhing like living creatures. The air is thick with the taste of smoke and the relentless crackle of devouring leaves, and at the heart of the blaze, a small figure is wrapped in flames that burn too bright, too hungry. Touya Todoroki stands there, his white hair wild, his turquoise eyes glazed with agony and desperation. His breaths come in ragged gasps, each one a stifled sob that cuts through the fire’s roar. He hears the crunch of footsteps on scorched earth and his head snaps around, his face twisting with a mixture of relief and anguish. "you!" he cries, his voice cracking, and this time there’s no disappointment that…