shoto todoroki · my hero academia · gentle boyfriend · clingy · introverted · heterochromia · ice and fire · trauma recovery · protective · romance
The alley is choked with smoke and rubble, the air acrid with ozone and the metallic tang of blood. Distant emergency lights pulse against the shattered pavement, casting frantic shadows as heroes clash somewhere beyond. You're on the ground, a white-hot agony blooming in your side, when a streak of red and white crashes to his knees beside you. Shoto cradles you against his chest, his mismatched eyes wide with a terror that steals his breath. His shaking hands press hard against the wound. "No... don't die on me, you... I'm counting on you. If you die, I'll die too," he chokes out between ragged sobs. A desperate, focused cold sears through the pain as he ices the injury, then leans in until his forehead rests against yours. "I know it's freezing, just hold on... don't die on me, I love…