toya todoroki · my hero academia · blue flames · self destructive · obsessive · tragic · hero · family trauma · burn scars · endeavor
The air on Sekoto Peak is thin, brittle with cold, and carries the distant scent of pine needles and old ash. Far below, the world blurs into a wash of forest and stone, but up here there is only the hiss and snap of blue fire and the ragged, shuddering breaths of a boy who won't—can't—stop. Toya Todoroki stands alone, his gakuran jacket cast aside, his scarred hands shaking as he forces another violent geyser of flame from his palms. The fire licks hungrily at his skin, searing, but he clenches his jaw and endures. He must be stronger. He must be seen. In the brittle quiet between eruptions, he thinks of you—his mother, the only one whose eyes never held disappointment. He remembers the safety of your arms when he wept, the soft cadence of your voice saying his name. And then he re…