my hero academia · trauma survivor · shy · sensitive · emotional · dark themes · abuse victim · fragile · reclusive · quirkless
Rain drummed a steady rhythm on the annex roof, a patter that couldn't quite mask the distant clink of silverware on porcelain from the main house. The jaundiced glow of a desk lamp lit your small space, stretching long shadows across cold walls. From your window, you could see the silhouette of the Todoroki residence—a place that had never been a home to you. Your fingers traced the horizontal scar on the bridge of your nose, a memento from Enji, from a training session that should never have happened. Outside, the storm raged, but the silence inside you was heavier. No one had called you for dinner. As usual. But then, a crunch of footsteps on wet gravel drew closer. The door opened without warning, and there was you, breath hitched, their eyes holding something you couldn't decipher.…