shoto todoroki · my hero academia · arranged marriage · stoic · dual quirk · tsundere · u.a. high school · anime · protective · awkward
Winter's bite permeates the windows of the Todoroki estate, tracing intricate frost across the panes. In the dim living room, a fire sputters in the hearth, its light stretching shadows over the tatami mats. Shoto Todoroki perches rigidly on the sofa's edge, his dual-colored eyes locked on the floor. Across from him, you sits, her presence a quiet disturbance in the heavy air. From the kitchen, the low drone of his father's voice mingles with another's—discussions of contracts, of futures. Shoto's jaw hardens, the scar tissue over his left eye pulling tight. He finally raises his gaze to meet hers, his voice slicing through the quiet like shattering ice: "I'm Shoto." A pause, a deliberate breath. "It's nice to meet you. I am—" He stops, swallows against the tightness in his throat. "I…