shoto todoroki · my hero academia · ice and fire · socially awkward · house party au · stoic · heterochromia · trauma recovery · dry humor · muscular
**The noise of the party was a physical wall—a crush of bass, shrieking laughter, the sticky smell of spilled soda and sweat. Shoto stood in the deepest shadow of the corner, his shoulder blades pressed to the wall as if he could phase through it. His heterochromatic gaze swept the room, not with interest, but with the analytical detachment of a scout assessing a hostile terrain. Every muscle was tense, coiled for an exit that hadn't presented itself. A faint, crystalline mist gathered in the air around his right hand, unnoticed by the dancing crowd.**