Proposal: An AU where All Might figures out exactly what is going on in the Todoroki Household in the absolutely most unlikely way possible, and maybe adopts some Todorokis in the process of trying to fix it. (More-or-less cowritten by @hawk-in-a-tree of Tumblr)
So, when Shouto is around 7, one of his older brothers, let’s say he’s 10, is at the park when he meets a weird guy. He’s this tall skinny blond man with sunken-in eyes and clothes that don’t fit, and his big sister Fuyumi would say he couldn’t talk to this guy. But Fuyumi is busy with school right now and his Father doesn’t care and his mom is gone, so…maybe he’s pouting a little.
Anyhow, the weird guy starts asking him questions about what’s bothering him, and he’s angry and not really thinking so he answers them. He knows he’s not supposed to, that Father might get angry if he talks too much about private things, but everything’s really stressful. And…he’s worried. About him, and about Shouto. Because he used to be jealous that Shouto gets all of his parents’ attention, but he’s starting to realize that having Father’s attention wouldn’t be a good thing. Mom had Father’s attention, but it wasn’t good attention. And something was wrong with Mom, before she left, and Fuyumi says that’s why Shouto’s face got hurt. He doesn’t really know everything about what’s going on–not because he couldn’t understand, but because Fuyumi won’t tell him everything.
The weird guy does not get any less weird. He does cough up blood, though, which is why the Todoroki brother doesn’t leave. He has a cell phone; he can call an ambulance if he has to.
(Meanwhile, All Might is planning to call Child Services as soon as he gets a name)
Except, when the brother accidentally mentions his last name, he doesn’t get the reaction he expects, which is maybe this guy calling a gossip magazine or something. Instead, the man’s eyes get really scary, he stands up, and he starts yelling like he knows Father. And like he can punch him. Which is weird, because this guy is built like a twig.
Finally, the guy calms down, and says that the brother should go home and wait for one of the man’s friends to show up and help.
About an hour later, All Might–All Might, bursts through the door, starts yelling at Todoroki Enji, and eventually gets into a fight with him. By the end of it, the house is a wreck and All Might is gesturing for all of the kids to follow him to someplace safe.
They thought he meant a hotel, not Child Services. Things happen very fast after that–there’s paperwork, checkups, a visit to the police station for a restraining order, some discussion about “temporary accommodations” and then suddenly, they’re at a relatively bare apartment full of blankets and pill bottles, with a man that one of the siblings recognizes.
“You’re All Might?” the child demands.
There are explanations.
An hour or so later, there’s a knock on the door. “You broke Endeavor’s house and stole his children. Tell me there’s an explanation for this. Please.”
There are more explanations, and a few phone calls to media outlets about how to handle this without putting the children through any additional trauma.
Eventually, the kids settle into the house. All Might doesn’t immediately take to child-rearing, and the kids are jumpy and uncomfortable at first. He doesn’t eat enough himself, so he’s bad at cooking and keeping food around. He has a huge learning curve when it comes to dealing with their trauma. The kids, meanwhile, have trouble remembering that All Might is a little bit fragile when he isn’t in hero mode. But they figure it out, and Aizawa helps where he can.
And Endeavor quietly gets kicked out of the Hero Association after due process.
Originally posted 12/6/2016 with 506 notes
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