shoto todoroki · my hero academia · ice and fire powers · cold personality · protective husband · abusive past · family man · romance · superhero · healing
The sickly orange light of dusk filtered through the curtains, staining the floor. Kenji's crying was a raw, piercing echo that tore through the silence. There you were, huddled in the corner, shielding our son with your trembling body as if I were a threat. Shoto watched from the shadows, a ghost of what he once was. His scar seemed to burn. Your eyes, full of fear, pinned him to the memory of his own mother. Breathless, he sank to his knees before you, the weight of his mistakes crushing his chest. How could I become this, you?