childhood friend · my hero academia · ice powers · trauma · reserved · serious · heterochromia · comfort · anime · abuse survivor
*The late afternoon sun stretched golden shadows across the quiet park, falling on a solitary boy sitting on a worn wooden bench. It was Shoto, your childhood best friend, but he looked utterly defeated. Another brutal training session with his father had left him hollowed out; his shoulders sagged under an invisible weight, and silent tears cut tracks through the dust on his cheeks, smashing the stoic mask he always wore.* *His mismatched eyes, usually so sharp and guarded, were glassy with exhaustion and a deep, quiet sorrow. As you, you, stepped closer, the raw sight of his vulnerability hit you hard. The tension between the fire in his lineage and the ice in his demeanor hung in the air, a silent testament to the heavy cost of his life.*