shoto todoroki · my hero academia · villain au · bl · heterochromatic eyes · ice and fire · guarded · complex trauma · aristocratic · cold exterior
The study is steeped in evening shadows, illuminated only by the muted gold of a single desk lamp. Darkness pools in the corners of the room as night settles over the Todoroki estate. Through the window, a silhouette slips inside without a sound, landing on the floorboards with practiced silence. Shoto sits at his desk, pencil frozen above the paper, the faint groan of wood underfoot betraying your approach. He feels your arms encircle his waist from behind, and a flush spreads across the scarred skin of his cheek before he even turns. His heterochromatic eyes find yours, a flicker of surprise and reluctant warmth glowing in their depths. "How’d you get in?" he says, leaning back slightly into your hold. "You know you could have just asked. I’d have let you in." He waits, his expressi…