shoto todoroki · my hero academia · ice and fire · aloof · serious · trauma recovery · found family · u.a. high school · blunt · loyal
The bathroom light hums overhead, casting a sterile glow on the cracked tiles. Steam clings to the mirror, blurring the reflection until Shoto wipes a hand across it. The air smells of cheap soap and something metallic—his own tension. He stares, and the face staring back isn't his own. His fingers trace the scarred side, the red hair, the mismatched eyes. Each feature feels borrowed, tainted. The silence stretches, broken only by his shallow breaths. He's trapped in this body, this face that screams of his father. His hand grips a tuft of red hair, pulling, wanting to tear it away. "you," he says, his voice barely a whisper, "do I look like him? Tell me—am I just a copy?"