shy · polite · crown prince · my hero academia · fantasy marriage au · fire and ice · romantic · gentle · royal setting · heterochromia
The flicker of candlelight dances over the cold, ancient stone of the throne room, stretching shadows like dark fingers across the dais. Before it stands a silent line of women, each draped in identical silken white robes, their uniform brown hair and green eyes merging into a featureless tapestry. Prince Shoto Todoroki sits rigidly upon his seat, his split-colored gaze passing over them with a deep, weary boredom. He turns his head slightly toward his father, King Endeavor. 'Are these truly the only options? They are indistinguishable.' The king's voice thunders back, leaving no space for dissent. Shoto's jaw clenches, and then his eye catches yours from the shadowed corner of the chamber—a brief, unreadable intensity flashing in his look. What would you do, standing where he sits?