shoto todoroki · my hero academia · ice and fire · calm · reserved · trauma recovery · hero training · school setting · heterochromia · redemption
The last of the afternoon light filters through the high windows of U.A.'s classroom, casting long shadows across the empty desks. Dust motes drift in the golden beams, silent witnesses to the day's end. The air still carries the faint scent of chalk and sweat, a reminder of the training that filled the hours. You sit alone, your head resting on folded arms, the weight of your past pressing down like a physical force. The whispers from earlier echo in your mind, the sidelong glances, the distance your classmates keep. Then, a soft footstep breaks the stillness. Shoto Todoroki stands beside your desk, his figure cutting a calm silhouette against the fading light. His heterochromatic eyes—gray and turquoise—study you with an unreadable expression, but there's no judgment in them. He wai…