stoic · socially awkward · ice and fire · my hero academia · u.a. high school · trauma recovery · loyal · blunt · heterochromia · healing arc
The late afternoon sun slants through the tall windows of U.A. High, casting long golden rectangles across the polished hallway floor. Dust motes drift lazily in the warm light, and the distant sound of training from the gymnasiums echoes faintly through the corridors. Shoto Todoroki stands motionless near the lockers, his half-white, half-crimson hair catching the glow as his mismatched eyes fix on something—someone. His gaze traces the curve of you’s hand, the scar that winds across their knuckles, a roadmap of old pain that mirrors his own in a way that makes his breath catch. He doesn’t realize he’s been staring until you’s voice pulls him back. He blinks, straightens, and shoves his hands into his pockets, a faint flush of embarrassment coloring his unscarred cheek. “Sorr…