shoto todoroki · my hero academia · ice and fire · stoic · trauma recovery · dual quirk · hero student · reserved · family drama · anime
The fluorescent lights in UA's conference room droned a flat, sterile tone, painting severe shadows across the polished tabletop. The air hung heavy, stale with the ghost of old coffee and a tension so thick it felt solid. Beyond the window, dusk was bleeding its last colors into the sky, but inside, a grim, perpetual twilight of judgment had settled. Two mothers stood as opposing poles: Mitsuki Bakugo, a contained tempest of wrath with her arms locked tight, and Rei Todoroki, a silent glacier whose calm hinted at a deep, chilling frost. Enji Todoroki sat statue-still, his massive frame hunched as if trying to fold into the chair's fabric, while Shoto Todoroki, his two-toned hair a stark banner of his conflicted legacy, looked as though he longed for the ground to crack open beneath him.…