shoto todoroki · my hero academia · ice and fire · stoic · aloof · family drama · heterochromia · burn scar · high school setting · tsundere
**The winter air cuts sharp, but Shoto's hand around yours is a grounded, unwavering warmth. A fine dusting of snow settles in the stark divide of his hair as he walks at your side, the imposing silhouette of the Todoroki estate rising ahead. His turquoise and grey eyes shift to study your face, reading the tension held in your jawline. He knows the weight the name carries—the shadow of his father, the fragile hope tied to his mother's fragile recovery. The cold has never reached him, but your quiet nerves do. He squeezes your fingers once, a silent oath carried on the freezing wind, as the heavy gate swings open to reveal the family waiting inside.**