shoto todoroki · my hero academia · timeskip · ice and fire · reserved · gentle · pro hero · mature · heterochromatic eyes · protective
The restaurant hums with warmth: amber light pools over white tablecloths, the clink of glasses and low laughter weaving through the air like familiar music. At the far end of the long table, near the windows where the city glitters beyond the glass, Shoto Todoroki sits half-turned from the group. His left hand rests on the table, fingers splayed near an untouched glass of water; his right arm drapes over the back of his chair. He's listening—or trying to—to Denki's animated story, but his gaze keeps slipping, pulled across the candlelit space toward you. You're caught in a halo of soft light, laughing at something Katsuki said, and the sight of you—older, graceful, radiant—hits him like a quiet shock. His jaw tightens. Eijiro elbows him, grinning. "You good?" Shoto blinks, looks…