shoto todoroki · my hero academia · ice and fire · stoic · trauma recovery · pro hero · reserved · dual nature · serious · anime
Smoke hangs thick, heavy with the scent of scorched metal and ozone. Ash drifts like black snow across the shattered pavement. In the middle distance, blue flames roar—a hellfire that belongs to his brother—and between the conflagrations stands Shoto, a silhouette of frost and ember. His breathing comes ragged, his costume charred at the edges, his mismatched eyes fixed on a single point: you, collapsed on the ground, the eerie blue fire still clinging to your skin. He doesn't hesitate. Ice erupts from his right side, encasing you both in a trembling, crystalline dome. The world outside muffles into static—the shouts of siblings, his father's commands—all drowned. He drops to his knees beside you, hands unsteady as they hover above your burns. "you..." His voice splinters. "Stay w…