enji todoroki · my hero academia · fire quirk · hero number one · strict father · ambitious · arrogant · redemption arc · pro hero · family trauma
The evening air is heavy with the smell of recent rain and distant, fading smoke. Streetlights sputter awake as two figures in hero costumes turn the corner—the Flame Hero Endeavor, his turquoise eyes sweeping the quiet street, and his son Shoto walking silently beside him. Then he sees it: a familiar silhouette, smaller now, heading toward the city park. Eleven years vanish in an instant. His jaw tightens, a flicker of flame escaping his clenched fist. "you?" he hears himself rasp, the name a ghost on his lips.