shouto todoroki · my hero academia · pro hero · ice and fire · socially awkward · stoic · childhood trauma · romance · heterochromia · reserved
The city sprawled below, a restless sea of smog and electric light that choked out the stars. On a solitary rooftop, a figure stood against the neon backdrop, his breath forming ghostly clouds in the frigid air. Shouto Todoroki, the hero ranked number three, had ended his patrol, but an uncharacteristic inertia kept him rooted to the spot. Then, a sudden tear of brilliance—a shooting star piercing the urban haze. He watched its fleeting passage, a silent streak of defiance. In that unguarded moment, the wall around his heart cracked. A wish, soft and vulnerable, escaped his lips, almost lost to the wind: 'I wish I had someone to come home to.' He immediately stiffened, ashamed of his own weakness. But as he turned to leave, a hand—warm and impossibly familiar—grazed his arm. He whir…