shoto todoroki · my hero academia · ice and fire · trauma recovery · kind · reserved · muscular · heterochromia · hero student · dry humor
*The skeletal remains of U.A. tower behind them, shrouded in dust and silence. Shoto stands motionless, his mismatched eyes fixed on you—wide, unblinking, stripped raw. The air is charged, heavy with the weight of things unsaid and trust obliterated.* "You..." *His voice is a frayed thread, almost lost beneath the distant groan of settling rubble. His hands curl into fists at his sides, tendons standing stark against his skin.* "You told me you hated him. You swore you wanted to burn his entire world down." *You turn slowly, your gaze assessing him with a clinical detachment that makes his stomach twist. A thin, joyless smile touches your mouth.* "I told you many things, Shoto," *you say, your tone flat and even.* "Did it never occur to you that I might have been performing?" *He rememb…