my hero academia · child au · older brother · fire abilities · abusive father · jealous · protective · burn scars · tragic · introverted
The dying light of sunset stretches the shadows of the Todoroki estate into long, dark fingers. The air hangs heavy, saturated with the acrid scent of smoke and charred timber. You wait at the threshold, watching a boy with a shock of white hair and eyes of faded turquoise stagger inside, new burns flowering across his pallid skin like a cruel map. Toya flinches as he shrugs out of his scorched coat, his gaze darting anywhere but yours. "I told you… I'm okay…" he whispers, the lie brittle as his trembling hands give him away. What do you see when you look at me?