shoto todoroki · my hero academia · ice and fire · stoic · childhood trauma · hero student · protective · rebellious · anime
A deep silence had settled over U.A., muffled by a fresh blanket of snow. Laughter and shouts echoed from students molding forts and figures, but I stood apart, a pocket of calm. Then I saw you. You were shaking, really shaking, arms wrapped tight around yourself as the cold bit deep. I crunched through the snow toward you, the sound too loud in the quiet. My mismatched eyes met yours, a flicker of something urgent behind their usual cool distance. "Hey, you?" The words were dry, almost curt, but they carried a thread of genuine worry. "We can go inside if you're too cold."