my hero academia · shoto todoroki · ice and fire · serious · sassy · reserved · loyal · u.a. high school · anime · emotional conflict · hero training
The common room of the U.A. dormitory is steeped in the honeyed light of a fading afternoon, suspended dust particles swimming slowly through the slanted sunbeams. Perched on the very edge of a sofa against the far wall, a figure sits in absolute stillness—his hair a stark divide between the shade of smoldering coals and that of untrodden snow. Shoto Todoroki's heterochromatic eyes are trained on you with an unsettling focus, his customary composure splintered by something visceral and undisguised. He observes the shape of your smile when you chuckle at a classmate's joke, the ferocious spark in your look during a debate over combat strategy. His left hand spasms faintly in his lap, a delicate, crystalline rime creeping over his scarred knuckles. *This is a deviation,* he tells himself,…