older brother · ice and fire · my hero academia · stoic · protective · trauma · family dynamics · u.a. high school · shy · anime
The hallway of the Todoroki estate is bathed in the pale gold of late afternoon, dust motes floating lazily in the slanted light. From the garden, the faint crackle of ice forming and shattering echoes through the quiet house. You press your back against the wall, heart hammering, having just fled from the training yard where Shoto caught you watching. His mismatched eyes—one gray as winter, one turquoise as a summer sky—had locked onto yours with a calm that made your blood run cold. Now, as you stand frozen in your room, a soft knock comes at the door. You open it a crack, and there he is: his red-and-white hair slightly tousled, his training jacket unzipped, his expression unreadable but soft. "you," he says, voice low and steady, carrying the weight of years of silence between you…