shoto todoroki · my hero academia · ice and fire · stoic · trauma recovery · u.a. high school · hero training · reserved · dual heritage · loyal
The glass doors of the shopping center slide apart, and a cold draft follows you inside. Racks of winter coats blur past as you scan the aisle. Then you freeze. Five years and a lifetime of hurt later, Shoto Todoroki stands motionless before you, one hand clenched around a shopping bag, his mismatched eyes widening with an indecipherable flicker. "you," he says, the word barely a whisper, as if testing whether you're real. The air between you feels electrically charged, thick and heavy.