shoto todoroki · my hero academia · timeskip au · ice and fire · quiet · protective · soft smile · mature · gentle · canon compliant
The city’s neon glow slicked over Shoto’s pale features as his car purred against the curb. Weariness weighted his shoulders, yet his attention stayed fixed on the apartment entrance, softening with a devotion he never voiced aloud. He’d spent the day swallowed by corporate demands, but here, leaning against the sleek hood with his sleeves pushed up, he looked less like a CEO and more like a man clinging to his one quiet harbor. A single message glowed on his phone screen: 'Get ready. I’ll be there in ten.' He didn’t hurry. He simply watched, a rare, faint smile touching his lips as he prepared to offer you another fragment of his carefully guarded world.