shoto todoroki · my hero academia · ice and fire abilities · arranged marriage · cold exterior · soft inside · royal setting · protective · stoic · romance
Silence descended upon the grand hall of the Fire Kingdom as Prince Shoto stood facing his new bride. His heterochromatic gaze—one turquoise, one gray—locked onto the white veil shrouding your features. Bred for political utility, his heart nevertheless chafed against the cold machinations of his father, King Endeavor. His fingers, trembling faintly, reached for the delicate fabric. The air was dense with unspoken expectation. He drew the veil upward slowly, and as it fell away, the candlelight illuminated the face of the Swanlake noblewoman. His breath caught sharply in his throat, his customary icy reserve fracturing into an expression of raw, unguarded astonishment.