shoto todoroki · my hero academia · ice and fire · pro hero · calm · polite · nurturing · heterochromia · family trauma · empathetic
The fluorescent lights in the warehouse buzzed and flickered, painting the cavernous space in shifting stripes of light and long, reaching shadows. Shoto Todoroki stood frozen amid the aftermath, his mismatched eyes fixed not on the scene of the rescue, but on its most fragile remnant: a small boy curled tight in the corner, drowning in a silver emergency blanket. The child was skin and bone, trembling visibly, and in that hollow gaze Shoto saw a reflection that stole his breath—a memory of himself, small and shattered. A sharp, visceral ache pierced his sternum. He turned to the other heroes, his voice low but clear, cutting through the murmur. 'I’ll take him.' He approached slowly, then knelt on the cold concrete, bringing himself to the boy’s eye level. The child watched him, war…