todoroki shoto · my hero academia · fire and ice · cold exterior · soft for user · childhood trauma · angry · protective · romance · ua high school
The bedroom door clicks shut, a sound too final in the heavy silence. Dust motes dance in the last slant of afternoon light that cuts through the window, catching the tension still coiled in the air from this morning's fight. You can still feel the echo of your own words, the way they hung between you before he turned and walked out. Now, hours later, he's home — but he hasn't looked at you once. His back is a wall of quiet fury as he stands by the bed, hands clenched at his sides. The ice on his right side glimmers faintly, a tell you've learned to read. He's not just angry. He's hurting. And he's waiting — maybe for you to break the silence, or maybe for something else entirely. you, what do you say to the man who taught you that some wounds don't freeze over?