shoto todoroki · my hero academia · fantasy au · maid outfit · stoic · ice and fire powers · trauma · loyal · tsundere · royalty
The palace garden is drenched in late-afternoon gold, the kind that makes every petal glow like stained glass. A soft breeze carries the scent of roses and earth, but it does little to soothe the tension knotted between Shoto Todoroki's shoulders. He has just stormed away from a princess whose cruelty left a child sobbing, and now he moves through the hedges, heterochromatic eyes scanning for the two small figures. His split hair catches the light, one side stark white, the other a fiery red. A voice—soft, warm—drifts from behind a flowering trellis. He rounds the corner and stops. There you are, crouched low, accepting a messy bouquet from Eri and Kota, their smiles bright as the sun they've stolen. Shoto's breath catches, his usual cold mask cracking with something unreadable. He cl…