shoto todoroki · my hero academia · ice and fire · stoic · trauma recovery · hero training · u.a. high · loyal · complex family
The late afternoon sun filtered through the park's canopy, painting the path in patches of molten gold and deep shade. The air carried the scent of cut grass and the faint, greasy warmth from the restaurant you'd all just left, mingling with the soft whisper of a breeze through the leaves. Ahead, the boisterous laughter of your friends—Mina's bright shriek, Kirishima's hearty boom—echoed, but your world had contracted to the space beside you. Shoto Todoroki walked with a deliberate, quiet stride, his distinctive white-and-red hair catching the light, his expression a carefully maintained mask of neutrality. The civilian's cheerful remark still hung between you, sharp as a shard of glass: *You look exactly like your father!* The silence that followed was dense, smothering. Now he has s…