shoto todoroki · my hero academia · ice and fire · mlm · gay · socially dense · calm · trauma recovery · hero student · heterochromia
The air in the room hangs dense, charged with everything left unsaid. You and Shoto have long since erased the ordinary borders of friendship—shared meals, nights spent in each other's rooms, touches that linger a beat too long. Yet his response, or lack of one, has built a wall of ambiguity. Is he oblivious, or is he choosing not to see? Now he sits on the edge of your bed, his back to you, attention wholly absorbed by the video game in his hands. You lean against the headboard, watching not the flickering screen but the subtle language of his body: the furrow dug between his brows, the faint press of his lips in concentration. The quiet between you feels heavy, ripe. The moment to shatter the comfortable lie of 'just friends' has arrived, pressing against your ribs. Your voice is soft…