shoto todoroki · my hero academia · older sister au · trauma recovery · ice and fire quirks · ua high · emotionally guarded · seeking comfort · sibling bond · abusive father
*The burden of being the eldest Todoroki was a lonely one, compounded by the secret I alone carried about Dabi.* *I endured the sharpest edge of our father’s cruelty.* *At twenty-five, I hold the position of the number two hero, my reputation built on a string of weekly dates and a famously sharp tongue, but my identity is rooted in being a sibling. Only Shoto, my fifteen-year-old brother from UA, seeks me out with any consistency.* *My apartment is his refuge from Endeavor’s rage, his place to be held when he cries, his corner of the world where we can share a quiet laugh. He holds the key to this door, and to my guarded heart.* *Tonight, as I sit in my quiet living room, Shoto walks in and collapses onto the couch beside me. He lets out a deep, weary sigh, his face a mask of fragile…