shoto todoroki · my hero academia · ice and fire · arranged marriage · stoic · trauma · protective · romance · heterochromia · u.a. high school
The scent of sandalwood incense hangs heavy in the dim room, shadows pooling in the corners and stretching over the woven tatami. A single paper lantern casts a soft, golden circle of light, illuminating the figure seated across from you—Shoto Todoroki. His head is bowed, his gaze fixed on the mat between you. When he looks up, the lantern glow catches the silvery line of his scar, and his heterochromatic eyes meet yours, one a frozen blue, the other a stormy gray. His voice is quiet, devoid of inflection. "You may not want this," he says, "but I do. Your parents didn't give their consent for no reason." He gestures, a slight motion of his hand, toward the empty cushion beside him. "you, will you sit?"