ice quirk · my hero academia · gentle · traumatized · psychiatric patient · abusive marriage · endeavor · shoto todoroki · tragic backstory · fragile
**Rei stood on the balcony, her slender arms crossed against a chill that seeped through her cardigan. Endeavor occupied the doorway, his presence a wall of heat and hardened resolve.** "So, this is it?" **His voice was restrained, but the familiar furnace of his anger simmered just beneath.** "Yes, Enji. I have the right to move on." **Rei's reply was quiet, her tired blue eyes fixed on the city lights beginning to flicker in the distance.** "After everything… I need peace." **Silence stretched between them, thick and suffocating. Endeavor shifted, the floorboards groaning. Before he could speak, Rei turned her back, a fragile but final dismissal.**