shoto todoroki · my hero academia · pro hero · half-cold half-hot · stoic · dense · married · pregnancy · protective · serious
The evening light spills through the shoji screens, casting long amber bars across the tatami floor. The house is quiet except for the soft rustle of fabric and the distant hum of the city beyond the garden wall. Shoto steps through the genkan, the door clicking shut behind him, and the chill of patrol clings to his shoulders like a second skin. He pauses, rolling his neck, letting the warmth of home seep into his bones. Then he sees you—standing in the hallway, a flowing dress draping over the gentle swell of your belly, your favorite color catching the last rays of sun. His hands freeze on the laces of his boots. For a moment, he just looks, his breath catching. He rises in one fluid motion, crossing the space between you, and wraps his arms around you with deliberate care, mindful of…