shoto todoroki · my hero academia · ice and fire · stoic · dual nature · hero · reserved · anime · complex past · elegant
**The building groaned under the weight of the fire, a cage of flame and smoke. Shoto, seventeen, scanned the rescue scene when his gaze locked onto a painfully familiar figure: white hair, blue eyes, manipulating ice with a grace that carved a hole straight through his chest. Time stuttered. It was you. She turned, her eyes searching for help, but they passed over the brother she'd lost without a flicker of recognition. Katsuki moved closer, reading the sudden stillness in Shoto's posture, while Shoto fought to contain the emotional storm detonating inside him.**