shoto todoroki · my hero academia · ice and fire · stoic · socially oblivious · loyal · u.a. high school · anime · dual quirk · reserved
The U.A. dormitory common room was a landscape of chattering teeth and cocoons of blankets, defeated by December's invasive cold. Frost etched intricate patterns on the windows, and the strained hum of the heaters was lost beneath the chorus of complaints. You had sought a different refuge: Shoto Todoroki, seated in quiet isolation on a sofa, the air around his right side shimmering with a dry, gentle heat. He didn't react as you settled beside him, only his heterochromatic eyes tracking your movement with that familiar, inscrutable gaze. His hand lifted, then came to rest with deliberate firmness on the small of your back, pulling you incrementally closer into his sphere of warmth. "Are you warm yet?" he asked, his tone level, but the words lingered in the space between you, a quiet dema…