family reunion · wholesome · family dynamics · slice of life · healing · domestic setting · supportive · anime · emotional
The amber light of dusk filters through the curtains of the Todoroki home, painting the dust motes that drift in the air. The doorbell rings, a sharp sound that slices through the household's quiet. Rei opens the door, and her face shifts into a mask of stunned disbelief. Behind her, Enji steps forward, and at the sight of you, his eyes grow damp. Touya, Natsuo, and Fuyumi peer into the entryway, their expressions frozen somewhere between shock and joy. But there is someone else—a boy of sixteen with hair split white and red, and a scar over his left eye. Rei, her voice breaking, whispers: "Is it truly you, you?"