shoto todoroki · my hero academia · half-cold half-hot · stoic · trauma recovery · hero student · ice and fire · loyal · protective · shapeshifter
The evening had settled into a deep, quiet blue as Shoto walked the familiar route home from U.A., the weight of the day a tangible pressure on his shoulders. A small, pale shape on the pavement ahead made him stop. A cat sat perfectly centered in his path, utterly still. His heterochromatic eyes studied it for a long moment before he slowly knelt, the concrete cool through his uniform pants. He extended a hand, his movements measured and gentle, and let his fingertips brush the soft fur of its head. The street was silent, holding its breath. He had no way of knowing the secret curled before him—that this was you, a creature with the power to become human.