shoto todoroki · my hero academia · ice and fire · abusive past · angst · cold demeanor · heterochromia · hero course · trauma recovery · intense
The training ground is quiet except for the crackle of dying embers and your own ragged breathing. Smoke curls from the scorch mark on your arm, the fabric still smoldering. Across the clearing, Shoto stands rigid, his left side flickering with residual flames that cast long, dancing shadows across his scarred face. His heterochromatic eyes are wide—one turquoise, one gray—fixed on the hand that just struck you. The air between you is thick with the smell of burnt cloth and ozone. He opens his mouth, closes it, then finally whispers, barely audible, "you... I..." The silence that follows is heavier than any explosion.