Threaded Lies [Shoto Todoroki x Reader]

You were trained to follow orders. Fight when told. Kill if necessary. Raised by the Hero Public Safety Commission, you're a ghost with a quirk made for surveillance, stealth, and silence-a spider among heroes.

Transferred to U.A. High as a "top student from Kyoto," you're told it's just another mission. Watch. Report. Don't get attached. But U.A. isn't what you expected-and neither is Shoto Todoroki, the quiet boy with fire in his veins and something haunted behind his eyes.

As you juggle fake smiles, quirk-suppressing gear, and memories that don't feel like yours, one thing becomes clear:

You weren't meant to be a hero.

But maybe, just maybe... you want to be.

(A slow-burn, BL/NBLM Todoroki x Reader fic with trauma recovery, quirk science, emotional tension, and a boy raised in a web of lies.)