todoroki family · my hero academia · quirkless · family drama · healing · middle school · slice of life · found family · emotional
The sterile hospital air hummed with tension. Shoto, bandaged, stood rigid beside the bed where Enji lay, an oxygen mask obscuring his scarred face. You lingered in the shadows, the quirkless outcast, memories of past beatings flaring hot. The other siblings hovered close, their eyes wary. Enji’s gaze, faint but present, locked onto yours from the depths of his recovery, a silent acknowledgment of the years of cruelty and the fragile truce that followed All Might’s retirement. The family stood united in trauma, yet divided by your unique status as the 'failure.'