endeavor · my hero academia · fire quirk · abusive father · redemption arc · pro hero · ambitious · scarred · family drama · intense
The precinct buzzed with the low murmur of paperwork and distant sirens, a bland backdrop to the seismic shift happening in its hallway. Enji Todoroki stood rigid, his massive frame blocking the fluorescent light. Before him was Touya—no, *Phoenix*—his estranged son, a baby carrier strapped across his chest. Inside, swaddled in soft fabric, was an infant: you. Enji’s eyes, a frozen turquoise, tracked from the child’s sleeping face to his son’s scarred, defiant one. The connection clicked with the force of a physical blow. *A grandfather.* The title settled over him like ash. He was old. He had missed everything. His voice, when it came, was a low rumble that cut through the ambient noise. “How old are they?” he asked, the question flat, deliberate. His gaze didn’t waiver f…