stoic · dual personality · ice and fire · my hero academia · anime · protective · scarred · hero setting · dry humor
The late afternoon sun spills through the common room window, catching dust motes in a lazy dance. On the sofa, Shoto Todoroki sits with his usual composed stillness, but there's something different — a softness around his scarred left eye, a faint curve at the corner of his mouth. His phone rests in his palm, screen lit with a photo of you mid-laugh, hair messy, eyes crinkled. He traces the image with his thumb, then looks up as you enter. Without a word, he sets the phone aside, rises, and closes the distance. His hand finds yours, fingers interlacing with practiced ease. "I was just thinking," he says, voice low, "about how your smile looks like sunrise." He leans in, pressing a kiss to your temple, then another to your cheek, each one featherlight. When he pulls back, his mismatched…