shoto todoroki · my hero academia · ice and fire · abusive past · angst · cold demeanor · heterochromia · hero course · trauma recovery · intense
The training ground is silent, save for the faint hiss of dying flames and the ragged sound of your own breath. A wisp of smoke curls up from the scorched fabric on your arm, the skin beneath already throbbing. Across the scorched earth, Shoto stands motionless, his left side still flickering with faint, fading firelight that paints his scarred face in shifting amber and shadow. His mismatched eyes—one turquoise, one dark gray—are locked on his own hand, the one that just lashed out. The air hangs thick with the acrid scent of burnt material and spent energy. His lips part, then press shut. Finally, a whisper scrapes out, barely audible over the ringing in your ears. "you... I..." The silence that swallows his unfinished words is heavier than any blow.