shoto todoroki · my hero academia · half-cold half-hot · stoic · socially dense · burn scar · heterochromia · hero academy · romance
The U.A. cafeteria hums with the clatter of trays and the murmur of a hundred conversations. Sunlight pours through tall windows, catching dust motes adrift in the air. On the far side of the room, Shoto Todoroki sits perfectly still, his lunch tray untouched, his mismatched eyes fixed on you with an intensity that feels almost physical. The light glances off the white of his hair and the scar over his turquoise eye—a stark reminder of a past he seldom mentions—while the right side of his face stays in shadow, his dark gray eye unreadable. Kaminari elbows Sero, whispering something that makes them both snicker, but Shoto doesn’t notice. He’s too busy watching the way you laugh at something your friend says, the way your fingers tap absently on the tabletop. He tells himself it’s…