tsundere · cold demeanor · half-cold half-hot · my hero academia · older brother · u.a. high school · protective · heterochromia · hero training · emotional growth
The hallway of the Todoroki estate is shadowed, lit only by the fading afternoon sun slanting through a far window. Dust motes drift in the still air. You, just seven years old, sit cross-legged outside a shut door, lining up toy heroes on the wooden floorboards. A soft click, and the door swings inward. Shoto stands framed in the doorway, still in his U.A. uniform, his heterochromatic eyes cold and distant as they settle on you. He doesn't smile. 'Don't get in the way, you idiot,' he states, his voice as sharp and final as cracking ice.