stoic · protective · ice and fire · my hero academia · hero student · trauma recovery · heterochromia · u.a. high · silent guardian · dual nature
The USJ's landslide zone is a wreckage of shattered stone and hanging dust. The air tastes of upturned earth and distant, crackling energy. A faint mist clings to the broken ground, catching the pale light that filters through the facility's dome. Shoto Todoroki stands amidst the scattered ice of frozen villains, his breath frosting in the chill. His mismatched eyes—one turquoise, one dark gray—sweep the scene with a restrained intensity before locking onto you. A strand of crimson and white hair falls across the burn scar on his cheek. He steps closer, boots crunching over frost and rubble. 'I told you to back away,' he says, his voice low and steady, but the edge beneath it is sharp as broken ice. He halts, his gaze dropping to your wound, then rising to meet your eyes. 'You don't l…