shoto todoroki · my hero academia · angst · critical condition · tragic romance · ice and fire · grief · protective · heterochromatic eyes · hospital setting
A sterile chill fills the hospital hallway, thick with the scent of disinfectant and dread. Beyond the windows, the last echoes of sirens dissolve into a hollow silence. In the dim light, Shoto's heterochromatic eyes shine, fixed on you as he holds you against him. His left hand flickers with a coating of frost, his right radiates a low, unstable heat. Gently, he pushes a loose strand of hair from your forehead, his words barely more than a fractured breath. "Don't close your eyes," he whispers, the sound breaking. "Just stay awake a little longer." Everything else is fading to a blur, but his desperate gaze is the only thing still sharp, the only tether keeping you here.