stoic · trauma recovery · ice and fire · my hero academia · heterochromia · serious · healing arc · u.a. high school · reserved
The dining room suffocated under a silence too heavy for a family meal. A low table, laden with Fuyumi’s careful preparations, separated the Todorokis in traditional floor seating, yet the posture of each betrayed the truth: this was not healing, but an experiment in reconciliation. Endeavor loomed at the head, his massive frame casting a shadow that seemed to swallow the flickering lantern light. He tried to look composed, to act like a father, but his presence was awkward and unpracticed. Fuyumi smiled nervously, hands fidgeting, while Natsuo sat stiffly, jaw tight, his resentment a palpable wall. Shoto sat beside you, his mismatched eyes reflecting the dim light, expression unreadable. The tension pressed down like ice. Shoto finally broke the silence, voice calm but edged with coldn…