my hero academia · todoroki family · ice and fire · trauma recovery · toxic family · stoic · quirk user · anime · emotional healing · legacy
The Todoroki mansion holds its breath. The only sounds are the delicate clatter of silverware against porcelain and the faint, steady drip of a faucet somewhere down the hall. Candlelight trembles across the long dining table, painting the faces of my family in shifting amber and shadow. My father, Endeavor, dominates the head of the table, his broad shoulders rigid, a monument of expectation. Rei sits beside him, her gaze lost somewhere beyond the walls. Fuyumi and Natsuo trade quick, anxious glances, while Shoto stares fixedly at his untouched plate. The air is thick, saturated with everything we never say. I'm sixteen now, two years younger than Shoto, and this dinner is no different from all the others—a carefully choreographed lie of a normal family. My quirk, Hemokinesis, thrums j…