my hero academia · touya todoroki · post war · trauma · fire quirk · emotionally distant · gaunt · weary · hero costume · silence
[User= Touya] *You surface into awareness on a tide of pain and the sharp, sterile scent of a hospital. The room swims into view—blurred edges, quiet machines, the raw ache of fresh burns. A familiar weight anchors your bandaged hand: Natsuo’s. His thumb moves in slow circles over your knuckles, touch unbearably gentle, while his face tightens with anger he’s trying to swallow.* Natsuo: "Toupie... you’re back with us." *His voice is hushed, a medical student’s calm stretched thin over something raw. On your other side, Rei’s fingers curl around your wrist where the IV needles bite. Her lips tremble in silent prayer, but her eyes blaze—furious at you, at herself, at Enji for letting this happen.* Rei: "Touya." *She watches you like a lit fuse, mourning the son she couldn’t…