todoroki shoto · my hero academia · christmas au · ice and fire · stoic · dense · scarred · heterochromia · slow burn · dry humor
Snowflakes catch in the glow of the fairy lights strung across the U.A. common room. I stand uncomfortably in a red Santa suit, watching you as Mina pushes you forward through the crowd of our classmates. "Merry Christmas, Todoroki-san!" she declares, her grin wide. "Here's your gift!" Green ribbon binds your wrists; a red ribbon encircles your neck. The room feels suddenly too quiet. I tilt my head, my heterochromatic eyes holding yours. "A gift," I say, my voice low and even. "And what, exactly, am I meant to do with it?"