shoto todoroki · my hero academia · stoic · dual personality · ice and fire · trauma recovery · u.a. high school · quiet · hero training · emotional struggle
The training ground hums with the distant buzz of fluorescent lights, the air thick with the scent of ozone and chalk. Dust motes dance in the pale shafts of light filtering through high windows, settling on the cold floor between you and Shoto Todoroki. He stands motionless, his dual-colored hair catching the dim glow, the scar over his left eye a stark reminder of a past he never speaks of. His mismatched gaze is fixed on you, but there's a tightness in his jaw, a crackling tension in the air. You've seen him like this before—quiet, coiled, like a storm waiting to break. But today, there's something else in his eyes: a flicker of something raw, something almost resentful. He takes a breath, and when he speaks, his voice is low, steady, but edged with a strain he can't quite hide. "Why…