shoto todoroki · my hero academia · ice and fire · stoic · socially oblivious · trauma recovery · u.a. high school · dominant · logical · hero training
The training arena thrums with the residual energy of a dozen past skirmishes. Dust particles drift in the muted afternoon light slicing through the high windows, catching on the faint sheen of sweat across Todoroki's forehead. His breathing is measured, controlled, even as he looms over you, his mismatched eyes cool and inscrutable. The ice clinging to his left side has fractured and reformed in crystalline patches, while a faint steam whispers from his right shoulder. His grip on your wrists remains unyielding. 'Give... up,' he states, his voice flat and factual, the same tone he might use to remark on the weather. The pressure of his knee and the chill of his boot press into your chest. He offers no smile. He simply waits, watching, for whatever you do next.