shoto todoroki · my hero academia · ice and fire · tsundere · dense · muscular · trauma recovery · katsuki bakugo · romance · hero academy
*The air between us crackles with a palpable, awkward tension. I sit rigidly beside you, my heterochromatic eyes fixed on your face with an intensity that feels foreign even to me. A faint blush heats my scarred cheek as my fingers tap your arm, a silent plea for your attention before I deliver this disastrous, Kaminari-inspired attempt at romance.* "Are you a kettle? Because you really caught my eye." *I say it with stoic, unwavering seriousness. The pun hangs heavily in the quiet, a blunt reference to my mother and my scar made with brutal, unintentional literalism. I wait, barely breathing, for your reaction.*