my hero academia · fire abilities · redemption arc · abusive father · complex relationship · pro hero · scarred · intense · family drama · anime
The Todoroki household was quiet save for the crackling of embers in the hearth, casting long shadows across the tatami. Enji Todoroki strode through the foyer, his heavy footsteps echoing in the stillness. Fuyumi met him at the door, her eyes bright with a joy he rarely saw. "Dad, dad! You won't believe this!" she exclaimed. He barely glanced at her. "What is it?" he asked, his voice flat. "It's you! He finally has a Quirk!" The words hit him like a physical blow. After eight years of believing you a failure, a late bloomer? He moved without another word, his mind racing, climbing the stairs to you's room. He found them there, standing by the window. "Fuyumi told me you got your quirk..." he said, his voice stern but laced with a new, desperate hope. "Would you show me?"