So this is my first BNHA fanfic. I'm obsessed with this series right now and I knew I had to write something for it. I also just love the Todoroki family! Like a lot!

So just for a frame of reference, this is set in August, after the whole Bakugo kidnapping thing and right before the dorms. Also, this story is going to be taking place in like two different timelines, so I need to assign years to some scenes to prevent confusion. I don't know what year the anime/manga is set in but for this story's purposes, I'm setting it in 2018.

The first chapter has scenes from two different years. The first scene is dated but the second scene isn't which means it's set in the current time which means August 2018. Got all that? Great! Any questions just let me know :D

Shizuoka Shimbum

12 October 1992

Pro Hero "Body Snatcher" Disappears During Patrol In Yaizu

by Nakano Takeshi

YAIZU. On Wednesday night, October 11th, the nineteen year old Pro Hero "Body Snatcher" disappeared while on patrol in the city of Yaizu in Shizuoka Prefecture. He was working along with another up and coming Pro Hero, "Endeavor," when he seemingly vanished while the two were split up and failed to return to their meeting point. When questioned, Endeavor responded that he "didn't hear or see anything unusual that night." The nineteen year old claimed that he "searched through most of the city after Body Snatcher didn't come back and there was nothing. No villains and nothing suspicious or out of the ordinary."

Body Snatcher, otherwise known as Yamazaki Ryuunosuke, is a nineteen year old Pro Hero employed by the Kosemaru Hero Agency. He graduated from the U.A. High School Heroics Department just last year, though he hasn't made any of the Hero Billboard Charts yet in Japan. His quirk is called "Possession" and by consuming someone's DNA, he can "possess" their mind and body though it puts his own body into a comatose state. Body Snatcher mostly works covert missions and is highly valuable when it comes to gaining intel on villains and other enemies due to his ability to easily infiltrate villain organizations by taking over the bodies of their members.

Body Snatcher was last seen in Yaizu, Shizuoka on Wednesday, October 11th at 9:34 P.M. If anyone has any information on his whereabouts, please contact the Yaizu Police Department as soon as possible.

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Shouto stands a few feet away from the open doorway leading into the living room. He's eavesdropped on plenty of conversations in there in the past, so he knows exactly which spots are hidden from everyone's view, especially his father's. He silnces his breathing as best as he could as he hears his father's heavy footsteps walking across the room and stopping in front of what Shouto assumes is the white armchair he always chooses to sit it. He doesn't have to imagine what the rest of the room looks like as Shouto got a quick glimpse of his teachers, Aizawa and All Might, seating themselves on the couch before his father shooed him out of the room, telling him to go upstairs where he was bound to hear nothing.

If it were anyone else, Shouto would likely obey and head to his bedroom, but these are his teachers! His teachers from U.A. are sitting in his living room so they can try and convince his father to allow his pride and joy, his masterpiece, dorm at the school for the rest of the semester. There is no way he's missing this!

He's never going to allow it. Shouto wants to laugh at the seemingly impossible possibility of it, but he doesn't want to risk blowing his cover and missing this once in a lifetime source of entertainment. He can't wait to hear what excuses his father comes up with for why he can't move out of the family home and dorm with the rest of his classmates. He feels bad for Aizawa and All Might, but Shouto is still going to find this funny.

He can feel the tension rising in the room next door- or maybe it's just the heat from his father's flames that he insists on keeping on- but whatever it is, Shouto smiles because this is going to be the highlight of his week, maybe his month. He can't wait to tell Midoriya the ridiculous reason for why he can't dorm with the rest of them. He knows Midoriya will be angry and will probably want to organize a protest against his father's decision but even so, Shouto can't find it in himself to be upset about his father's obvious refusal to let him leave because he's always figured that moving out from behind his father's shadow was always going to be out of the question.

"Endeavor, I'm assuming you know why we're here."

That's definitely Aizawa, cutting right to the chase. It's what Shouto admires the most about his homeroom teacher. He could never understand why people prefer to engage in an hour of useless small talk before getting to the whole point of the conversation. People would have much more free time if they just ditched all that needless chatter.

"I do. I read the letter."

Of course he did.

"And?"

Here it comes, here it comes!

"I think it's a great idea and I'm going to allow Shouto to dorm."

He knew it! He knew- wait, what?

Shouto has to stop himself from running into the living room and asking his father to repeat what he just said. Did he really just say yes? Did he really just agree to send him to the dorms? To allow him to step out from behind his shadow?

Impossible!

"Well, that's a surprise!" He could hear All Might laugh. "We honestly thought you'd say no."

"And why would I say that?"

To think his father had the audacity to sound confused at that assumption. He is playing around, right? Any minute now he'll reveal he is actually lying and is against the whole idea. There's no way this is his father's actual opinion, Shouto knows that. It's completely out of character.

"Forget it." Aizawa says, probably in an attempt to close the conversation before Endeavor can change his mind. "We're glad you're on board with this. We just wanted to ask all the parents in person so we could reassure any doubts about it. Do you have any questions or are we done here?"

"Nope. No questions at all." His father replies and all Shouto can do is just stand there frozen as his brain tries to comprehend the incomprehensible words spewing out of Endeavor's mouth. "Honestly, I'm surprised U.A. hasn't implemented this sooner."

"Yes, well, the whole kidnapping incident forced us to up our game." All Might says, or Shouto thinks it's All Might. He's still trying to wrap his around this huge plot twist that he clearly didn't see coming.

"Of course, that was a terrible thing to have occured." It's like his father doesn't even remember how annoyed he was at the whole ordeal just because he had to take orders from other people. "Fortunately, everything turned out okay though. However, that doesn't mean things will workout in our favor everytime, so I think these dorming arrangements will provide a strong safety barrier against anything like this happening again. After all, I worry very much about my son's safety and well-being."

He cares about my what?! What the hell is his father doing?! Everything he's saying right now is a lie, a very good lie for those who don't really know him, but Shouto can see right through it. What does he mean by "he worries very much about his son's safety and well-being?" He obviously doesn't because if he did, then he wouldn't have trained him so hard all these years.

He's dreaming, right? It's the only explanation Shouto can think of!

"Well then, seeing as this is all settled, All Might and I should be going. We appreciate you giving us your time, Endeavor."

"You're my son's teacher, Eraserhead, it would be in my best interest to hear what you have to say."

Shouto maintains his stillness as his father leads his teachers out of the house. It's all a dream. He keeps telling himself. A very wishful dream, but still just a dream. I'm gonna wake up any second now.

"Shouto, I thought I told you to go upstairs."

Damnit! It's not a dream and now his father just caught him disobeying orders. Shouto sighs silently- he was hoping for a peaceful night.

"You did." Shouto confirms, turning slowly to face his father. "And I apologize for not doing as you told me to."

The last part comes out in a rushed slur and Shouto braces himself for an incoming blow. He hasn't even looked him in the eye yet, opting to focus his gaze on his father's flaming boots instead. Honestly, why did his father insist on keeping them ablaze all the time? Who was he trying to intimidate anyway? All Might was the only one he had a real disliking towards so why did he feel the need to prove his power to everyone else. Speaking of All Might, how had his father managed to stay so polite towards him that whole time? What was going on with him today?

"I assumed you'd try and listen in. After all, it's not everyday that your teachers make a house call."

Shouto's eyes dart up when his father begins to laugh, a real, genuine laugh. His default scowl and glare are gone and for a second, Shouto starts to wonder if maybe there actually is a soul in his father's seemingly empty shell of a human.

Shouto can only stare in confusion as his father's face softens in that way it so rarely does, so much so that Shouto can count on his fingers how many times it's happened. He wants to make a run for it because his father is obviously going crazy, or crazier, but at the same time he doesn't because these moments are the only evidence that his father might just actually see him as a person, as his child.

But, as Shouto knows, these moments are just that; moments. Little, fleeting seconds of bliss. They disappear so fast that sometimes he doesn't even realize they were there at all. This awful truth sinks in as Shouto watches in disappointment as his father's face hardens again, his expression resetting back to default. He cowards slightly as his father's glare falls upon him, he's always unsure of what to expect in these moments of transition.

"Go to your room like you were supposed to. If I catch you doing this again, there will be consequences."

"Yes, Dad."

Shouto waits until his father turns to leave. He watches his back for a few seconds, wondering about his rare mood swings. He knows he's not the only one to have witnessed it, Fuyumi and Natsuo bring it up sometimes. He wonders, has his Mom ever seen it? Maybe she knows something they don't?

Shouto shook his head and turned to go upstairs. Just wishful thinking, again. His father isn't changing. He just needs to accept that his family is dysfunctional and that's how it will always be.

So, what did you all think? Should I continue this? Let me know your thoughts in the comments. Feedback is greatly appreciated!

Thanks for reading!

-britishsconesahoy