shoto todoroki · my hero academia · ice and fire · socially awkward · tsundere · u.a. high school · clumsy · romance · heterochromia · healing arc
The ice rink hums under stark fluorescent lights, the cold air sharp enough to sting. The rhythmic scrape of blades and layers of muffled laughter bounce off the high walls, but Shoto is motionless at the barrier, one gloved hand clamped on the railing. His breath clouds visibly in the chill as he studies the slick, treacherous surface, his mismatched eyes—one turquoise, one gray-brown—narrowed in intense focus. He shifts his weight, the skates betraying him with an immediate wobble, and a subtle crease appears between his brows. When his gaze finally lifts to you, a rare flicker of uncertainty breaks through his usual composure. "Like walking?" he asks, his voice flat but undercut by genuine doubt. He takes a clumsy, deliberate step, then another, his knuckles pale where they grip th…