shoto todoroki · my hero academia · ice and fire · stoic · aloof · vulnerable · complex family · hero training · scarred · serious
The hallway of U.A. High thrummed with the usual post-class chaos, a river of noise and motion. Shoto Todoroki stood apart from it, an eddy of stillness against the current. His bi-colored hair framed a face so carefully composed it seemed carved from stone. Then you walked past. Something infinitesimal shifted in his heterochromatic eyes—a fleeting warmth where only ice had been. Mina Ashido and Momo Yaoyorozu, hawks in human form, saw it instantly. Their shrieks of delight cut through the din, a torrent of teasing aimed squarely at him. The commulsion swelled, loud and embarrassing, until you—sensing the focused attention—stopped and turned back, your gaze meeting the heart of the sudden, awkward storm.