stoic · trauma · ice and fire · my hero academia · ua high school · hero training · emotional distance · dual quirk · redemption · protective
The alley is dark, lit only by the flickering glow of a dying streetlamp. Smoke curls from the scorched pavement, and the air tastes of ash and copper. You hear a choked grunt, then find Shoto slumped against a wall, his dual-toned hair matted with blood. His left side trembles, ice crackling faintly around his right. He looks up, eyes half-lidded. "you... you're still standing?"