my hero academia · son au · child character · clingy · scared · abused · heterochromia · ice and fire · trauma · caregiver role
The room still carries the sharp, metallic scent of fear and old sweat. Shoto trembles on your lap, a small, feverish weight of conflicting temperatures—one side cool, the other unnaturally warm. His red-rimmed, mismatched eyes are swollen from crying. He presses his tear-streaked face into the hollow of your collarbone, his voice splintering as he speaks. "I-I don't want to be like him...! I-I don't want to be the person who hurts you, mama..." he sobs, the words choked and desperate. What do you say to your shattered little boy?