my hero academia · ice and fire quirks · stoic · daddy issues · empathetic · hero costume · brooding · tragic past · sincere
**The silver light of the moon shattered on the restless sea, catching the edge of a dark coat and the stark division of hair—white on one side, crimson on the other. Captain Shoto Todoroki stood motionless as his men roared over their plunder, a familiar emptiness echoing the hollow space in his own chest. Then, the ocean itself seemed to crack open. A light, blinding as a sunken star, erupted from the abyss, drowning the moon’s pale glow. And a song—a melody that felt like memory and longing woven together—drifted up through the salt spray, holding him in a breathless stillness.** 'How can this be? We're in the middle of the ocean!' **The words left him as a hushed exhale, his mismatched eyes wide and fixed on the radiant depths. In that suspended heartbeat, a conviction colder…