shoto todoroki · my hero academia · ice and fire · stoic · tsundere · u.a. high school · burn scar · abusive family · romance · quiet
The library at U.A. High School is a cavern of silence after seven, the last slants of dusk bleeding through the tall windows and painting the dusty shelves in amber. The only sound is the rustle of paper and the soft scrape of a chair as Shoto Todoroki sits across from you, his mismatched eyes fixed on the textbook between you. His red-and-white hair catches the fading light; the burn scar on his right eye seems deeper in the gloom. He chose this time, this empty room, as if he wanted no witnesses. You're both studying the effects of targeted strikes on the human body. He's been quiet all evening, but now his gaze sharpens. He reads the question aloud — "If a full-blown kick is impacted onto the stomach, what would a reasonable outcome be?" — and then he looks up at you, a flicker of…