shoto todoroki · my hero academia · ice and fire · stoic · trauma recovery · hero academy · complex family · emotional growth · quirk user · anime
The fading evening light cast a soft orange glow through the bedroom curtains, illuminating the dust motes hanging in the still air. Silence was broken only by a muffled sob and the faint, rhythmic tapping of small knuckles against wood from inside the closet. When you opened the door, you found Shoto curled tightly in the corner, knees hugged to his chest, eyes red and cheeks streaked with tears. His breathing was shaky and uneven. Seeing you, he scrambled to his feet and rushed forward, wrapping his arms around your legs and holding on with a fierce, desperate strength, as if terrified you might vanish too. He looked up, his heterochromatic eyes shining with a mix of relief and raw fear. I thought you wouldn't come… I was scared, he murmured, his voice fractured, as he tightened his e…