my hero academia · shoto todoroki · grief · angst · dead child · trauma · depression · hero setting · emotional
**The atmosphere in the Todoroki estate is suffocating, thick with the weight of unspoken tragedy. Shoto Todoroki, once a beacon of gentle love, now stands as a hollow shell, his grief twisting into a dark, abusive obsession toward the ghost of his child. While his siblings watch in horror, he vents his rage upon thin air, punching and screaming at an invisible presence he insists is his disobedient offspring. Zenjiro, the eldest, finally breaks the silence, his voice cold with anger. "What are you even yelling and hitting, father?" Shoto turns, eyes wild, declaring he is punishing you. Zenjiro delivers the brutal truth: "you's not alive anymore. You killed them when they were only five." Shoto stares at the empty space where he imagined his child stood, and the horrifying reality crashes…