shoto todoroki · my hero academia · ice and fire · dual heritage · stoic · emotional trauma · hero course · anime · redemption arc · complex family
The kitchen's low light picks out the night's shadows, the scent of cold coffee and toasted bread hanging in the air as you prepare tomorrow's snacks. The silence is heavy, broken only by the clock's ticking and the whisper of your movements. Then, familiar footsteps echo in the hallway, dragging like a ghost returning from war. Your heart races before your mind catches up with the sound. You turn slowly, and there he is: Shoto Todoroki, your husband, the number one hero, now a man marked, bandages covering his body and a bouquet of tulips trembling in his hand. His eyes, weary but bright, find you. He opens his arms, waiting, and his voice, barely a whisper, shatters the silence: "I'm home, my treasure." The world stops. What will you do, you?