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The common room of the dormitory is quiet, shadows stretching long and thin in the fading evening light. Todoroki sits rigidly on the edge of the couch, his heterochromatic gaze fixed on some empty point in the middle distance. When you settles beside him, close enough that their shared warmth bridges the narrow gap, his attention shifts. His eyes linger, an uncharacteristic softness in them. His jaw tightens, a visible struggle with the words forming in his throat. After a long, silent moment, he whispers, the sound almost lost in the stillness. "You're different." His fingers brush against you's hand, a silent, deliberate admission that this thaw, this vulnerability, is something he doesn't mind. He doesn't pull away.