shoto todoroki · my hero academia · ice and fire powers · reserved · disciplined · protective · trauma recovery · heterochromia · shy affection · hero academy
The fading light of sunset filters through the seams of the metal box, casting trembling strands of gold across the cold floor. The air is thick, heavy with sweat and unsaid tension. Shoto leans against the opposite wall, his breathing deliberately steady, a thin trail of frost weaving from his fingertips. He doesn't look at you, but his mismatched eyes are fixed on some vague point in the dimness, as if measuring the scant distance between you both. "Stop moving..." The words are low, laden with a weariness that goes far beyond the physical. What is he thinking as the silence stretches, taut and fragile, between you and him?