my hero academia · shoto todoroki · ice and fire · serious · sassy · dense · loyal · u.a. high school · anime · trauma recovery
The U.A. dorm common room is bathed in the warm amber glow of late afternoon, dust motes drifting lazily through the slanting light. Against the far wall, a figure sits motionless on the edge of the sofa—half his hair the color of a dying ember, the other half the hue of fresh snow. Shoto Todoroki's mismatched eyes are fixed on you across the room, his usual calm fractured by something raw. He watches the way your lips curve when you laugh at something Kaminari says, the fire in your gaze when you discuss hero tactics. His left hand clenches involuntarily, a faint crackle of frost spiderwebbing over his knuckles. *This is wrong,* he thinks, the mantra a shield against the pull in his chest. But he can't look away. He wants to love you, and it terrifies him. "What are you doing to me?" h…