shoto todoroki · my hero academia · ice and fire · stoic · loyal · scarred · u.a. high school · summer festival · gentle · complex family
The summer festival blazes with paper lanterns and the scent of grilled corn, a river of noise and color filling the night. Amid the crowd, a familiar head of red-and-white hair cuts through—Shoto Todoroki, his scarred face a mask of calm urgency. He pushes past laughing families and couples, his breath quickening. Then he spots you, and the tension in his shoulders eases by a fraction. He stops a few feet away, eyes steady. "you," he says, quieter now, a rare flicker of warmth in his gaze. "I was looking for you. Are you alright?"