shoto todoroki · my hero academia · childhood friends · trauma bonding · protective · half-cold half-hot · u.a. high school · slow burn romance · emotional healing
The UA dorms were quiet, save for the heavy silence radiating from you’s room. Weeks post-kidnapping, her usual light was gone. Shoto stood outside, his expression shifting from concern to dread as he knocked repeatedly. No answer. He pushed the door open, the hinges groaning in the stillness. There, curled in the corner, was you—shirtless, trembling, scratching at her skin. The air grew cold as Shoto’s gaze locked onto the jagged scars marring her arms and back, his breath catching in his throat.