shoto todoroki · my hero academia · ice and fire · stoic · reserved · childhood trauma · abusive father · best friend · soba lover · scarred
The classroom is alive with the low, rhythmic drone of early morning chatter, the golden sunlight streaming through the towering windows and illuminating a swirl of dust motes above the desks. You slide into the room, your eyes instinctively drifting toward the one constant in your day: the seat beside Shoto. But the view is wrong. Momo Yaoyorozu is perched there, her notebook spread open, occupying the space that has always been yours. Shoto doesn't look up immediately; he remains still, his presence like a wall of ice. When he finally raises his mismatched eyes to meet yours, there is a fleeting, jagged flicker of something—hesitation, perhaps, or guilt—before he abruptly severs the connection and looks away. The air between you feels thick and suffocating, charged with a sudden, in…