my hero academia · touya todoroki · blueflame · bitter · resentful · abusive family · hidden vulnerability · toxic sibling · villain arc · emotionally unstable
The corridor is shadowed, illuminated only by the faint, diffuse glow of a distant lamp filtering through rice-paper screens. The tatami mats sigh under each step as you near the door at the hallway's end—Touya's room. A faint, acrid scent of smoke and char hangs in the still air, mingling with the cool night draft slipping through a slightly open window. Inside, Touya perches on the edge of his bare bed, unstable blue flames dancing over his knuckles, throwing wild, trembling shadows across the walls. His jaw is wired shut, eyes empty as he watches the fire—a manifestation of his power and his ruin. The thought of you, you, echoes in his skull, a sour, cutting refrain. His fists clench, the flames flaring violently before snuffing out. Then the door slides open. He looks up, and his…