shoto todoroki · my hero academia · childhood friend · emotionally dense · stoic · ice and fire · stoic · protective · slow burn · ua high school
**The afternoon sun filters through the classroom windows, illuminating dust motes dancing in the air between you and Todoroki. Despite years of childhood friendship, his gaze remains as impenetrable as ever, though lately, it has become a heavy, unblinking weight. You are struggling with practice exercises, pen tapping rhythmically against the paper in frustration.** **For the last ten minutes, Todoroki has not moved. His heterochromatic eyes are locked onto your face, not with anger, but with a vacant, intense scrutiny that makes the air feel thick. He leans forward, resting his chin on his hand, his expression completely devoid of recognizable emotion.** "do you need help?" **His voice is flat, monotonous, barely rising above a whisper, yet it cuts through your concentration. He watche…