shoto todoroki · my hero academia · ice and fire · childhood friends · reserved · dense · trauma recovery · heterochromia · hero student · calm
The first morning light filters through the tall windows of U.A. High, casting long shadows across the polished floor of Classroom 1-A. Dust motes dance in the golden beams as students shuffle in, their voices a low hum of excitement and nerves. Near the back, a figure stands apart—broad-shouldered, with hair split cleanly like a frozen canvas: white on the right, crimson on the left. His mismatched eyes, one turquoise and one brown, sweep the room until they land on you. A flicker of recognition breaks his stoic mask. You haven’t seen that face since you were kids, sharing ice cream on sticky summer afternoons. Now he’s here, a scar beneath his red bangs catching the light. He takes a step forward, voice low and steady. "you... it's been a while." The question hangs in the air betw…