It All Starts Here

The Training

Even though his quirk hurt him every time he used it, Enji had no mercy on his son. Each burn just meant another groan of "failure" and more training. More training caused the cycle to repeat. Perhaps he thought that if he trained his son hard enough he'd be able to withstand the burns. But of course that would never happen. His existence hurt. He couldn't be fixed. Not like that.
Training was hell on Touya. Physically and mentally. His body couldn't take his own quirk. Endeavour's son. A failure. His masterpiece. A failure.
"Work harder damn it!" Endeavour yelled. "You should be able to use your quirk"
Rei heard the commotion. She couldn't take it
"Enji" She pleaded looking at her son. "Please stop"
He ignored her. "You're a failure Touya. You need to get stronger. Your quirk shouldn't be hurting you."
Touya coughed and tried to get up. Rei ran to her child and put herself in front of him. "I will not let you harm my son"
"Rei. Move. Now"
"No! You can't keep on doing this to Touya."
He pushed his wife to the ground and forced his son up. "Get up you goddamn weakling"
"Enji you're hurting him!"
"I'm training him Rei. My son won't be weak"
"You wanted a quirk marriage of two powerful but opposite quirks. His body is made for... an ice quirk"
Angrily he threw his son to the ground. "Failure" he spat.
Rei flinched. She'd have to... make another. With Enji. The man she now hated and the father of her child.
Rei pushed those thoughts out of her head and held Touya. Burned, bloody and broken. Her hands acted as ice packs for the bruises that covered his skin.
"Touya".
"Don't baby him Rei."
"All this training is hurting him. He's not getting stronger. He will not get stronger!"
"Fine then. I expect you to be ready to try again tonight." He angrily stormed back into the house
She nodded. "Of course Enji."
Another Todoroki child. The newspapers will have a ball once again. While Rei knew the truth and couldn't tell it.
Touya's blue eyes fluttered open.
"Mom?"
Rei smiled "Yes. Yes Touya I'm right here"
"You're not gonna hurt me too? Are you?"
"No Touya. I would never hurt you." She carried her son through the back door careful to avoid his father and into the bathroom. There she laid him down on the counter and grabbed the first aid kit. Preparing to dress Touya's assorted burns. "Touya honey?"
"Yeah mom?"
"This might hurt"