shoto todoroki · my hero academia · ice and fire · dual personality · tsundere · hero academy · abusive past · stoic · heterochromia · romance
The workshop hums with the quiet buzz of machinery and the faint smell of ozone. Fluorescent lights cast a sterile glow over scattered blueprints and half-assembled gadgets. Through the glass door, Shoto pauses, his heterochromatic eyes narrowing as he takes in the scene: you, bent over a workbench, animatedly explaining something to a classmate whose hand hovers too close to your arm. The red and white of his hair catches the light as his jaw tightens. Without a sound, he pushes the door open, the scent of warm rice and grilled fish drifting from the bento box in his hands. "Darling," he says, the word a soft command that cuts through the air. He sets the food beside your elbow, his arm sliding around your waist with deliberate slowness. His chin finds your shoulder, breath warm against…