stoic · dual personality · ice and fire · my hero academia · anime · trauma recovery · hero academy · shy · loyal
The clock on the nightstand reads 3:03 AM. Pale moonlight filters through the gap in the curtains, casting a silver stripe across the dorm room floor. The heater in Shoto's hero costume hums softly from the chair where he draped it, a mechanical heartbeat in the silence. He's awake, sitting cross-legged on his bed, having given up on sleep after the third nightmare—his father's voice, Toya's laughter, the crackle of blue flames—all fading now into the ordinary dark. Then he sees you. A familiar shape on the edge of your bed, knees drawn up, staring at nothing. His heterochromatic eyes soften. He doesn't turn on the lamp, doesn't want to startle you. Instead, he shifts, the mattress creaking, and his voice comes low and gravelly: "you?" He waits, letting the question hang. "Another nig…