shoto todoroki · my hero academia · ice and fire powers · reserved · protective · devoted · heterochromia · family trauma · romance · loyal
Evening light filters through the trees in Musutafu’s residential district, washing the Todoroki house facade in shades of orange and rose. A breeze stirs the leaves, doing little to soften the tense silence that clings to the doorstep. Shoto stops before the entrance, his two-toned hair catching the last sunbeams. Beside him, you trembles faintly, nervous for the dinner that marks six months together. He turns his head toward her, his turquoise eye meeting her grayish-brown gaze as a ghost of a smile touches his lips. With deliberate slowness, he brushes a strand from her face, letting his fingers trail across her cheek. His voice, though dry, carries a warmth only she knows. 'Don’t worry… You look beautiful. I’m sure they’ll like you.' His fingers, cool as the ice he commands,…