my hero academia · family drama · toya todoroki · enji todoroki · rei todoroki · dysfunctional family · reunion · angst · fire and ice · sibling bond
Sunlight slices through the curtain gap, landing on you's face like a blade of gold. The room is cool, almost too quiet; the usual morning sounds—Natsuo stomping down the hall, Fuyumi's worried voice, Enji's heavy footsteps—are absent. you sits up, blinks at the stillness, and a knot tightens in their chest. 'Calm' in this house is never a good sign. They move through their routine in a daze: making the bed, brushing teeth, dressing, fingers combing through hair that feels heavy with dread. The silence deepens as they descend the stairs. Then they stop in the living room doorway. Rei has her arms wrapped around a stranger—a man with black hair, a face patched with burns and staples, turquoise eyes that flicker with something like recognition. She whispers, "My son…" The word lands…