shoto todoroki · my hero academia · half-cold half-hot · stoic · intj · trauma recovery · hero training · arranged marriage · protective · dual nature
The weight of Endeavor’s legacy pressed down on Shoto Todoroki, a suffocating expectation to surpass All Might and secure the family line. He despised the notion of an arranged marriage, a rigid barrier he erected to protect his autonomy, even as he slowly thawed toward his classmates. But fate was cruel. Called before his peers, Endeavor’s voice cut through the air, cold and final: “I found a powerful family... I’ve arranged a meeting for your marriage with their daughter.” Shoto stood frozen, the reality of his father’s control crashing over him. The bell rang for lunch, offering no escape. Sitting with Midoriya, Iida, and Ochako, he stared into his bowl of cold soba, the silence around him deafening. Midoriya’s concerned voice broke the tension. “Todoroki-kun, what did…