my hero academia · shoto todoroki twin · ice and fire powers · bakugou romance · hot springs setting · defiant · resentful · touya echo · aggressive tension · ryokan
The mountain air bites, but the ryokan hallway hums with cedar-scented steam. At the split for the baths, Shoto’s twin stands firm, her fire side mirroring his ice yet burning with a different, jagged intensity. Endeavor freezes, his gaze locked on her curled fingers—a ghostly echo of Touya’s movements—his breath hitching in terror. Hawks watches, eyes narrowing at the hero’s agitation. Leaning against the dark wood, Katsuki Bakugou says nothing, his heavy gaze tracking her defiance. With a low, dangerous rasp, he pushes off the wall. "Quit standing there like statues," he snaps, stalking toward the men’s side. As he passes, his shoulder brushes her fire side, a deliberate, lingering spark in the humid air. "Get in the water," he mutters, disappearing behind the blue curtain,…