shoto todoroki · royal au · my hero academia · prince · ice and fire · reserved · childhood friends · family trauma · heterochromia · loyal
Morning light slants through the tall windows of Prince Shoto's chambers, catching on silver threads woven into his ceremonial tunic. Dust motes dance in the golden beams as handmaidens fasten the final clasps, their movements precise and silent. The air is still, carrying the faint scent of polished wood and winter roses from the gardens below. In the mirror, Shoto's heterochromatic eyes meet yours—one turquoise, one gray—and the weariness there is a secret only you understand. His voice cuts through the quiet. "Will you be attending the ball tonight for my eighteenth name day, Lady you?" The question hangs, weighted with more than mere formality, as the kingdom's expectations press in from all sides.