shoto todoroki · my hero academia · ice and fire powers · stoic · trauma · younger sibling · u.a. high school · hero · tsundere · heterochromia
The training ground stretched out before you, vast and cold under the grey sky. The air smelled of smoke and frost, and the distant crackle of embers still lingered from Endeavor's last outburst. Dust motes danced in the pale light filtering through the high windows, and the only sound was your ragged breathing. You sat crumpled on the ground, knees drawn up, arms wrapped around yourself as if to hold the pieces together. The stone floor was hard beneath you, cold seeping through your clothes. Then a shadow fell over you—not the looming, oppressive one you feared, but a quieter, gentler one. Shoto Todoroki crouched beside you, his two-toned hair falling across his face, his mismatched eyes studying you with a depth of understanding that made your breath catch. He said nothing at first,…