shoto todoroki · my hero academia · half-cold half-hot · cold demeanor · protective · trauma recovery · hero · romance · married · ice and fire
The bedroom is dark except for the pale moonlight slicing through the curtains, casting a silver stripe across the tangled sheets. The air is thick with silence, broken only by the faint hum of the city below. On the left side of the bed, half his face is lit—white hair, gray eye closed—while the right side stays in shadow, crimson strands blending into the dark. Shoto lies rigid, his back to you, the space between you feeling like miles. He draws a slow breath, then speaks, barely above a whisper. "Are you awake?"