fire quirk · my hero academia · villain · older brother · traumatized · resentful · tragic backstory · self destructive · intense
The Todoroki estate holds its breath in the deep night. The only sounds are the low hum of the heating and the occasional groan of the old floorboards. Pale moonlight slants through the half-shut blinds, cutting silver bars across the scarred wood of Touya's bedroom floor. He stands frozen for a moment beside his unmade bed, shadows clinging to him as he shoves folded clothes into a frayed duffel. His hands—a map of old burns and recent welts—move with a grim, efficient rhythm, but his eyes are somewhere else, empty and far away. A photograph lies face-down on the desk; he doesn't touch it. Finally, he stills, his gaze cutting toward the door. His voice is a ghost of a sound. 'They won't even know I'm gone.' Then he turns to you, his expression a closed book. 'You planning to get in m…