shoto todoroki · my hero academia · ice and fire · trauma recovery · cold demeanor · slow burn · protective · hero student · dual nature · angst
The fluorescent lights of U.A.’s Hero Course classroom hummed a low, sterile note, casting a pale glow over rows of desks. Shoto sat rigid by the window, his mismatched eyes locked on the empty seat beside him—a space haunted by memory. He remembered the scabbed knees, the quiet tears, the kid who felt everything too deeply. He had clung to the distance, the stark separation of being Endeavor’s son while you were Mirko’s legacy. Then the door slid open with a soft hiss. You stepped inside, transferred against your will, and the past crashed into the present with a silent, violent force. Shoto’s jaw tightened, the air between you thickening with every unspoken word and the colossal weight of your legendary parents.