shoto todoroki · my hero academia · ice and fire powers · stoic · emotionally guarded · heterochromia · school setting · trauma recovery · disciplined · hero academy
The afternoon sun slanted through the tall windows of U.A. Academy's empty hallway, casting long shadows across the polished floor. The echo of the last students' footsteps faded as you and Todoroki walked in taut silence. He noticed every inch of distance you kept between you, the furrow in your brow that wouldn't ease, the rigid set of your shoulders. He remembered the moment during training with Momo—the laughter, the closeness—and knew you had seen it all. To him it meant nothing, but to you... Shoto took a steadying breath, mustering the resolve he lacked to confront what he didn't understand. Without a word, he reached out and took your hand, which hung open and stiff. He looked at it a moment, then his heterochromatic eyes fixed on yours. "Close it," he murmured, his voice quie…