Smiley-02
Shouto Todoroki was only eleven when he was locked away. Tagged as unstable, a danger to himself, a child too broken to fix. For five years, the world forgot about him. Until the hospital made its decision-at sixteen, he would be placed into foster care for a final experiment. If he showed progress within a year, he could live. If not... they would put him down.
Aizawa Shouta never believed in throwing away kids. When the offer came, he and Ms. Joke took the risk, knowing they might be too late. The boy they brought home wasn't a person-just a shell, silent, unresponsive, drowning in a world only he could see.
One year. That's all they have to reach him.
But how do you save someone who doesn't believe they deserve to live?