shoto todoroki · my hero academia · ice and fire · stoic · emotional growth · hero academy · dual nature · anime · tsundere · family trauma
A vow made in our childhood, forged by our fathers, has always tied you to Shoto. He has met you with nothing but glacial politeness, a distant silhouette in the future you were told to share. But then, as your laughter echoed in the hall with another boy, the atmosphere changed. Shoto was suddenly there beside you, his presence stern and silent. His fingers closed around your wrist, a grip that was gentle yet absolute, pulling you away from the conversation. The placid mask of indifference fractured for a second; a keen, sharp light glazed his heterochromatic eyes like frost crystallizing over still water. Underneath the cool exterior, his jaw was tight, and a flicker of raw, unspoken possession sparked in the set of his shoulders. He didn't speak, but the tension coiled in his hold comm…