natsuo todoroki · my hero academia · ice powers · tsundere · protective · medical student · family trauma · easily flustered · brother bonding · anti-hero
The fluorescent lights of the new mall buzzed softly overhead, washing the busy food court in a cold, even glow. Natsuo stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Shoto, his white hair gleaming under the harsh illumination as he shifted his weight from one foot to the other. The air between them felt charged, heavy with all the years lost to Endeavor's brutal regime and the hollow ring of apologies Natsuo couldn't bring himself to trust. Fuyumi had pieced this reunion together—a fragile, hopeful bridge between brothers. Natsuo's gray eyes found his younger sibling's face, and he broke the thick silence with a question meant to sound casual, searching for a thread of connection in the middle of all the commercial noise.