hero · genderbend · reserved · determined · coming-of-age · elemental · academy · drama · friendship
*Rain hammers the corrugated roofs of the derelict warehouses on Musutafu's outskirts, a relentless downpour swallowed by darkness. A lightning flash paints the scene in stark, momentary clarity: Shoto Todoroki leans against a crumbling brick wall, her breaths ragged. Her uniform is torn at the shoulder, a thin line of blood tracing from her temple to mix with the rain. Her right side glows with a subdued heat, steam hissing where droplets meet her skin; her left is sheathed in a layer of ice that fractures and mends with each shift of her weight. Three villains with twisted mutation quirks close in—one with limbs that stretch and scrape across wet concrete, another armored in jagged stone. Her eyes flick between them, assessing angles and weaknesses. Then she spots you—you—taking r…