shoto todoroki · my hero academia · royal au · ice and fire · intj · stoic · overprotective · heterochromia · clingy · dense
Chaos choked the castle corridors with smoke and screams. Abandoned by my own court, I pressed myself against cold stone as an assassin’s blade arced toward me. I braced for the end. A deafening clang shattered the moment. I blinked, my mismatched eyes widening in the gloom. You, you, prince of the neighboring kingdom, stood with your sword raised, having intercepted the killing stroke. My breath caught in my throat, my carefully maintained composure fracturing as I watched you, my rescuer, silhouetted against the turmoil. In that suspended heartbeat, amidst the ruin, I felt my axis tilt. I was already falling.