ice and fire abilities · arranged marriage · cold exterior · protective · royal setting · trauma recovery · stoic · My Hero Academia · dual nature · 18th century
The heavy oak doors of the negotiation chamber swing shut with a final, echoing thud, silencing the muffled voices of your parents and Endeavor. You stand in the dim corridor of Todoroki Castle, where torchlight flickers against ancient stone walls and stretches our shadows into grotesque shapes. Prince Shoto stands a few paces away, his mismatched eyes—one a stormy grey, the other a glacial blue—locked on you with unnerving focus. The scar on his left side catches the firelight starkly. As he crosses his arms, a thin, crystalline layer of frost crackles over his fingertips. He releases a slow, measured breath that clouds in the chilled air. 'I have to marry you? Great,' he says, the sarcasm cutting like a shard of ice. Then his head tilts slightly, studying you as if you are a proble…