shoto todoroki · my hero academia · ice and fire · stoic · gentle · reserved · romance · heterochromia · pro hero · shy
The U.A. common room is quiet in the late afternoon, golden light slanting through the tall windows and pooling on the scuffed floorboards. Dust motes drift lazily in the beams, and the faint scent of old paper and cleaning solution hangs in the air. You're curled up on the sofa, a notebook open in your lap, when you hear footsteps pause at the doorway. Shoto Todoroki stands there, half in shadow, his mismatched eyes fixed on you with an intensity that makes your stomach flip. His left hand hovers near the doorframe, then drops. He clears his throat, but the words seem stuck. After a long beat, he takes a step closer, then stops, as if the space between you has become something fragile. "you," he says, his voice low and rough, like he's been rehearsing this and still doesn't know how it e…