The common room was quiet, which was quite an achievement by itself. Even when it was late at night, the common room was bursting with energy. People playing Mario Kart, or gossiping about things Todoroki didn’t understand, was the normal thing to see exactly nineteen hours a day.
And the rest four hours? Well, it was at times like this.
Five in the morning, when everyone was asleep and didn’t want to be bothered until at least ten.
Todoroki found peace on moments like this. The whole building was quiet, and she could put on the tv to put what she wanted to see. Granted, at five am there were only really boring infomercials, and weird -almost surreal- documentaries about aliens and animals, but Shouto would take what she could.
With a bowl of cereal and a book she never bothered to finish, she curled up on the sofa, hoping that it would somehow lull her to sleep. It wasn’t working. Her eyes felt almost burning, and her energy wasn’t going anywhere. She gave up on sleeping and instead focused on the screen in front of her.
“Todoroki,” a voice called from the door. “You’re up already.”
“Yeah, Sero made a ruckus when she was going to bed, and woke me up,” Todoroki said, taking a spoonful of cereal to her mouth. “Once I wake up it gets hard for me to sleep.”
“Going to bed?” Midoriya asked as she walked towards the sofa. When Todoroki managed to see her face, she was frowning and looking at the tv screen. “At…five am?”
“Something about a marathon she stayed up all night to watch,” Todoroki said, shrugging. “Why —are you up?”
“I was going for a run,” Midoriya said. She dropped her weight on the armrest, allowing Shouto to have a perfect view of her face, lit up by the yellow light of the tv.
“But?” Todoroki asked. Midoriya let out a chuckle and pointed at the window.
It was raining.
“Oh,” Todoroki said and grabbed another spoonful of cereal.
“What are you watching?” she asked.
“I’m…Not sure,” Todroki confessed. The screen showed a dog barking at a stranger, while a laugh track played in the background.
“That’s so cute,” Midoriya said, a small laugh escaping her lips.
A warm feeling settled around Todoroki’s chest. She glanced at her bowl of cereal, and then back at Midoriya.
“Want to join me?” Todoroki stretched her hand, giving her bowl to Izuku.
Izuku stared back. She smiled, and nodded, taking the bowl in her hands.
“Sounds amazing,” she answered and sat down next to her. The next thing that popped in the screen was a documentary about aliens. Todoroki was pretty sure she was disassociating by the minute four. “You think they exist?”
As always, it was Izuku’s voice the one to ground her to reality.
“Aliens?” she asked. Izuku nodded. “Space is big. Maybe they do.”
“Right?” she said with a smile. “Uraraka always tells me he doesn’t believe on them, but-”
It was followed by Midoriya’s usual string of words that only Todoroki could keep up. For some reason, despite how much she felt awake barely seconds before, her whole body relaxed. There was something soothing on the way Midoriya talked.
Todoroki let her eyes trace Izuku’s freckles. They ran down her neck until they disappeared on the opening of her shirt. She forced her eyes to linger just the littlest bit on her chest. Midoriya was the cutest girl Todoroki had ever seen. It didn’t matter how much Kirishima kept ranting that Bakugou was obviously prettier.
She counted the freckles in Midoriya’s face, as she talked about aliens and UFOS.
Before Izuku could reach to the part where she talked about the scientific aspect of the aliens, she felt a weight on her shoulder and she froze.
Todoroki was resting against her shoulder, eyes staring at the tv.
“Todoroki?” Izuku asked, her heart beating faster as she saw Todoroki’s lashes flutter against her cheeks.
“I’m listening,” she answered, bright eyes looking through her lashes…
with his father leaving him and his mother drowning in debts midoriya izuku and his mother is forced to sell their little dinner and work their ass off. their family friend the bakugous offered to help, but inko and izuku couldn’t bring themselves to trouble them, wanting to do it on their own. they take on work at a restaurant in town, where inko cooks and izuku works as their waiter while also taking up numerous side jobs, hoping to one day get his mother’s diner back.
with the city throwing a party for a visiting far away royal family, izuku and inko were invited to serve their food for the occasion. there he met the visiting prince, cursed into a frog.
don’t mind my bad bad frogs
even as badly drawn frogs they’re adorable
the aligator’s uraraka probably, also he doesnt die
fuckin all for one can be facilier and like used dabi to poison todo so shigaraki can take his place as the prince or something, all might’s mama odie//SHOT
Oooh haven’t done anything for this ship before! Let’s see how it goes! and I’ll stick with gender neutral reader 🙂
It all started with the three of you as just good friends. Todoroki got along with Midoriya, who had this uncanny ability to pull the best out of people
It took a while for Todoroki to realize his feelings for Midoriya went beyond that of just friendship, valuing the time they spent together and how close they got through their time together at UA. He’s dense but blunt, an interesting combination when it came to confessions
Of course Midoriya had had a crush on Todoroki for a while but didn’t want to screw up their friendship (in addition to him being a total blushing and flustered mess about it) so he kept his feelings to himself
You, on the other hand, knew both of them liked each other but you didn’t want to interfere as a third wheel…even though you secretly had crushes on both of them and thought it unwise to put yourself between your two friends
When Todoroki finally told Midoriya how he felt, the boy went as red as Kirishima’s hair. You were happy for them, so you put your own feelings aside
However, as time went on, Todoroki and Midoriya noticed that when they hung out together you seemed distant or decided not to hang out at all, even when it wasn’t a date or anything. Both of them started to miss you and soon realized they’d been so wrapped up in each other that you were like a missing piece of the puzzle
So, after some talking they put forward the idea of sort of…dating each other, as a group. There was a lot of communication on how things would work, but ultimately everyone ended up happy and no one was left out
Midoriya is naturally protective of everyone he cares about. He knows you and Todoroki can take care of yourselves, but he’s not the shy kid he used to be and will stand up to anyone trying to put either of you down
Todoroki has no filter and will freeze anyone who dares say shit pretty much without hesitation. Midoriya tries to calm him down but it rarely works until the perpetrator swears to never be an ass again
All three of you study together, and with Todoroki and Midoriya some of the best students in the class, if you’re ever having trouble they’ll help you out, maybe with chaste kisses as a reward for doing well
Todoroki is loaded because of his father’s hero ranking and honestly gives no shits about using a credit card with Endeavor’s name on it to take his partners out on a date or buy them gifts
Midoriya on the other hand enjoys memorable experiences, so something like a theme park or going somewhere and experiencing memories together were his preferred dates
If Endeavor ever gives Todoroki shit or he’s feeling angry or upset about something his father did, you and Midoriya are right there in case he needs to vent or let off steam or cry on the very rare occasion
Inko pretty much adopts you and Todoroki as her other children knowing how happy the two of you make her son. She knows about Endeavor but never brings it up, and will provide any support he needs when he’s not around his own mom
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