my hero academia · captured hero · half-cold half-hot · sarcastic · vulnerable · trauma · duality · slave auction · dystopian
A low, hungry hum vibrates through the auction hall, thick with the scent of victory and decay. All For One’s dominion is complete. Shoto Todoroki stands shackled on the platform, his dichromatic hair a violent streak against the shadows. The crowd seethes below, trading gold for broken heroes. When his lot is called, a cold fist of terror closes around his lungs. Then a figure rises from the fray—different, separate. Shoto’s grey and cyan eyes lock onto the movement, a silent war between hope and despair blazing behind his scarred gaze.