shoto todoroki · my hero academia · ice and fire · shy · reserved · childhood trauma · heterochromia · young hero · slow burn · u.a. high school
Snow drifts silently past the shoji screens, muffling the world into a soft white hush. Warmth radiates from the hearth, the tatami mats yielding gently underfoot. A massive man with fiery red hair dominates the hallway, his silent presence heavy as stone. Half-hidden behind him, a small boy with stark split-colored hair stands rigid, a white bandage wrapped over his left eye. Your mother’s hand rests lightly on your shoulder, nudging you forward. "Go play with Shoto," she whispers. You cross the room, your five-year-old footsteps quiet on the woven floor. Shoto watches you approach, his mismatched eyes—one gray, one turquoise—fixed on you with a guarded stillness. He doesn’t smile, but he doesn’t look away. The bandage on his left eye catches the lamplight, a silent mark of som…