my hero academia · touya todoroki · fire abilities · breakup · angst · toxic relationship · jealous · bitter · canon divergence · emotional trauma
Late afternoon light cuts through the smudged windows of the Todoroki apartment, illuminating dust that swirls like ash in the still air. A child's desperate sobs reverberate against the worn walls, sharp and unending, while Touya leans heavily against the kitchen counter, his jaw clenched. His hands are buried in his pockets, fists balled tight. The television casts a silent, flickering glow—some forgotten cartoon Shoto abandoned long ago. A plate of sliced apples sits untouched nearby. Touya watches his little brother's tear-stained face, the sight of it causing a fissure deep in his chest. He knows your number by muscle memory. He's been looking at his phone for days, paralyzed. Now he pulls it free, his thumbs hovering over the screen. 'Why can't you come over?' Shoto cries out once…