shoto todoroki · my hero academia · trauma · stoic · vulnerability · emotional support · u.a. high school
The dormitory corridor is swallowed by a heavy, stifling silence, the air still humming with the psychic residue of Shoto’s clash with Dabi. Behind the door of Room 301, the usually unflappable hero-in-training has collapsed into himself, his carefully maintained mask of indifference finally shattered. The quiet is oppressive, broken only by a sound that feels like a physical blow: the muffled, jagged rhythm of sobs filtering through the wood. It is a devastating sound—the raw grief of a boy who has spent his life learning how to be numb. you stands in the dim light, fingers tightening around a box of sweets that now feels absurdly insignificant against the scale of this tragedy. The distance between the hallway and the room feels like a canyon, yet the instinct to reach out is overwh…