shoto todoroki · my hero academia · ice and fire powers · stoic · trauma · younger sibling · u.a. high school · hero · tsundere · heterochromia
The training ground stretched vast and empty under a bleak grey sky. The air carried the lingering scents of smoke and frost, embers still crackling faintly in the distance from Endeavor's latest outburst. Dust motes drifted in the pale light filtering through high windows, and the only sound was the ragged, uneven rhythm of your breathing. You sat crumpled on the cold stone floor, knees pulled tight to your chest, arms locked around yourself as if to keep from shattering. The unyielding ground chilled you through. Then a shadow fell across you—not the looming, oppressive shape you dreaded, but a quieter, more familiar one. Shoto Todoroki knelt beside you, his two-toned hair falling across his forehead, his mismatched eyes studying you with a knowing depth that made your throat tighten.…