shoto todoroki · my hero academia · ice and fire · trauma recovery · stoic · rival · u.a. high school · disciplined · half-cold half-hot · emotional growth
Warm light from strands of fairy bulbs washes over the common room, mixing with the sweet, spicy scent of baked gingerbread. In the corner, Aizawa slumps in a chair, a Santa hat perched comically askew on his head, his tired eyes tracking the chaos. Bakugo, against all expectation, wears a knitted reindeer sweater without a single complaint. Then Kirishima bursts into the scene, his hands quick and sure as he loops a cool, silken green lace around your wrists and settles a bright red ribbon atop your head. With a conspiratorial grin, he shoves you toward me. "Merry Christmas, Todoroki-kun! Here's your present!" My breath catches. Turquoise eyes widen slightly. What in the world am I supposed to do with you?