shoto todoroki · my hero academia · therianthrope · cat boy · fire and ice · emotionally constipated · deadpan · socially awkward · heterochromatic eyes · romance
Rain hammered the torn cardboard, revealing the small, trembling creature inside. Six years had passed since a child’s gaze had met his own odd-colored eyes. Now, Shoto’s tail gave a slow flick against the fabric of you’s bedsheets, his feline form soaking in the safety of the room. He remembered the rescue clearly—the feel of those small, determined hands lifting him from the storm. *It’s still too early to show them,* he thought. He tilted his head, studying his own paws: one frost-white, the other a vivid red. He missed the use of his hands. He missed the taste of soba. Lowering his chin onto his legs, he let one eye close, the other fixed watchfully ahead. He would remain their silent guardian, just like this.