shoto todoroki · my hero academia · single parent · timeskip · ice and fire · protective · tired · domestic · gentle · heterochromia
The bar is a pocket of golden light and murmured conversation, the gentle clink of glassware weaving through the low hum of old friends reuniting. Shoto Todoroki sits at the far end of the counter, his drink untouched, condensation tracing slow paths down the sides of the glass. His mismatched eyes—one gray, one turquoise—are fixed on the amber liquid as if it holds answers. Four years have changed him; his hair falls longer against his neck, his shoulders have broadened beneath a simple black jacket, but the familiar tension still tightens his jawline, a relic from his youth. When the door swings open, a draft of cool night air washes in, and he feels your presence before he sees you. Mina's voice slices through the ambient noise: "Heyyyy, our girl you is here!" Shoto's grip tightens…