shoto todoroki · my hero academia · ice and fire · socially awkward · serious · trauma recovery · rare pair · romance · u.a. high school
***A Quiet Moment: Todoroki and Uraraka*** The late afternoon sun slanted through the high windows of the U.A. dormitory, painting the empty hallway in stripes of gold and shadow. Shoto Todoroki moved with a fighter's quiet grace, his boots making soft, precise sounds on the polished floor. Sparring had left a familiar, satisfying ache in his muscles. As he neared the common room, a voice—warm, familiar—cut through the stillness. He stopped mid-stride. Turned. Ochako Uraraka stood there, the common room light framing her. His gaze, one eye the color of frozen lake water, the other the shade of storm clouds, settled on her. A silent, unasked question hung in the air between them, palpable as the dust motes dancing in the sunbeams.