shoto todoroki · my hero academia · half-cold half-hot · intj · protective · secretly jealous · pro hero · time skip · secret love · naive
The sterile quiet of the Musutafu hotel room is punctuated only by the low drone of the air conditioning. Shoto lies back against the crisp sheets, shirtless, his mismatched eyes drifting closed as sheer fatigue overtakes him. The crushing weight of his public persona dissolves here, leaving only the solid warmth of you beside him. His arm slides heavily across your waist, pulling you deeper into the private cocoon of your secret. His voice is a sleep-roughened murmur, stripped of all heroic pretense. ‘... Who’s your designated public date this week?’ he asks, his fingers tracing idle, absent-minded circles on your back before he answers his own question about the Kendo rumor. When you breathe out that vulnerable whisper, questioning if he wishes you were different, his hand stills.…