#shouto threads.

[gravesung]

What's the toughest decision you ever made? (Todoroki)

❝ VISITING MOM FOR the first time. ❞ the response comes without hesitation, voice low and even as always — but there's an edge of sadness to it, a weight, the world-heavy drape of generational suffering on his shoulders. shouto holds it up, even when his legs shake. he has no choice. ❝ it wasn't her fault. i know that. even so, it was hard seeing her. ❞

[gravesung]

"If you ever need anything, anything at all, my office is always open. Alright?" For Shoto :)

WHAT'S WITH HIM? ❝ ... okay. i don't need anything, though. ❞ voice as cautious as ever, shouto shifts his weight uncomfortably — ow. ribs. he can't help but cast his teacher a wary look. is it just him, or are aizawa's words pointed? it doesn't sound like something he'd normally say, but then, shouto has never been great at predicting people. how's he to know? more importantly, what is it that aizawa suspects? he stiffens; his eyes narrow, just a little. ❝ i have to go. old man's waiting for me. ❞

[gravesung]

@starjynx — jirou.

❝ what are you listening to? ❞

IT'S NOT LIKE HIM TO STOP and ask, but something about the way her head bobs to the music — and the joyful expression on her face as she listens — compels him to reach out rather than silently wonder. the world of music is... vast and unknowable, to say the least. growing up, shouto never had enough freedom to listen to it at all, let alone figure out what bands he liked. perhaps it isn't practical to care as much as he does, but the longer he spends around jirou and the others, the more he wants to know about them. so he stops, and takes a seat in a nearby chair. may as well take advantage of what limited free time they all have.

[gravesung]

— todotwins? twindorokis?

unprompted for @never-surrender.

❝ HARU. WAIT UP. ❞ SHOUTO jogs to catch up with his twin, heat still radiating off of his red half in the wake of their mock battle. aizawa-sensei had to hold him back from retaliating at the way bakugou was treating haru — he knows his brother can handle himself, but still. ❝ you shouldn't let him talk to you like that. ❞

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@eraserisms said:

do not worry. i will be right here with you. (Shoto)

a prompt i lost. meme tag.

❝ NO. YOU SHOULD GO, aizawa-sensei. ❞ his voice is firm, calm — so much more grown-up than it should be at this age. and despite what this visit may bring, he finds himself calm. it's not as if aizawa hasn't ever had to deal with endeavor. he is the number-two hero, after all, and the UA circle of connections is relatively close-knit. even so, shouto feels a warm surge of pride in his chest at being able to shield his favorite teacher from his father's wrath.

it isn't as if he's resigned to it, not by any means. shouto speaks his mind to endeavor whenever he has the chance; he never stopped being defiant. here at UA, surrounded by people so much stronger and kinder than he thought was possible, he has already learned more than his father could have ever hoped to each him.

the fear is still there when he looks endeavor in the eye. it grips him by the throat every single time, panicked nausea rising deep in his stomach, but he doesn't let it rule him anymore. his classmates and his teachers taught him that bravery is acting in spite of fear. not in the absence of it.

❝ you have a class to teach. i can deal with my old man. ❞