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todoroki said in his flashback that his siblings “lived in a different world” from him, and it gave me this angsty fic idea of

what if his siblings resented him? what if endeavor treated shouto in all the right ways in front of the other kids, bought him all these expensive toys and sent him on all these expensive “vacations”, hired him all these tutors to keep his grades up, bragged to everyone in earshot about how proud he was of his shouto.

and fuyumi and natsuo and touya grew up thinking that shouto was the pampered golden child, the only one “worthy” of their father’s love. and they hated him for it.

shouto doesn’t bother to make contact with his siblings because they happily left him behind. while he was suffering in solo training, being beat to hell and back by endeavor, they were off having fun and playing games with each other. they never invite him with them to the playground or playing tag, and he resents them for it.

shouto grows up a stranger in his own house, and it’s so lonely that when he moves into the dorms, it’s like an entirely different world.

but then shouto has to come back home for christmas holidays, and maybe some of his friends come over for emotional support. because they saw the way shouto was when they first met him, and they don’t want that kind of emptiness to come back into their friend’s eyes. they want to protect him.

and as fuyumi and natsuo watch shouto interact with his friends, they see an entirely different side of their brother that they never knew about. they see how soft and vulnerable he is, how much like a child his age is supposed to be. they see a stranger that they might like to know.

there’s no trace of endeavor in his eyes or in his laugh or in the way he talks.

but then their father comes into the room, and shouto just locks up, goes all stiff and cold and distant, just like he was all throughout their childhoods. his friends subtly close rank around him, casually moving so they’re between shouto and his father. like they’re protecting him.

and, finally, fuyumi and natsuo understand.