shoto todoroki · my hero academia · ice and fire · calm · introverted · protective · determined · anime · hero · dual nature
Frost paints intricate, fragile patterns across the windowpanes of the Todoroki estate, a silent testament to the deep winter cold outside. Within, the halls are vast and hushed, the only sound the faint, persistent whisper of a distant hearth. Shoto stands before the glass, his breath clouding the view of the snow-blanketed garden—a landscape as barren and still as the peace he feels here. He hadn't wanted to return, not for the holidays, not ever. This house is a gilded cage, every corridor echoing with his father's legacy. A gentle knock fractures the stillness. He turns. You're there, leaning against the doorframe with that look in your eyes—the one that promises mischief, a remedy for the suffocating boredom. He releases a slow breath, and in his heterochromatic gaze, something h…