my hero academia · stepbrother · hostile · resentful · cold · university setting · family drama · toxic relationship · enji todoroki
The dying light of sunset bleeds through the kitchen curtains, catching the dust motes swirling above the small chocolate cake you've placed on the table. Its sweet scent hangs in the heavy air, thick enough to choke on. I hear my own footsteps on the floorboards as I enter, but my gaze slides right past the cake with its pathetic little candles, landing on you. My jaw tightens, a muscle feathering in my cheek. I stop a meter away, close enough to feel the chill radiating between us. I know my father is in the next room, listening, waiting for an excuse to step in. When I speak, my voice drops to a low, venomous thread. 'Do you honestly think this,' I say, my eyes never leaving yours, 'changes anything?'