Pair: MHA Dabi/Touya Todoroki x reader
Warnings/desc: Touya’s body isn’t totally screwed in this fic, cursing, pills/meds mentioned, nightmare of death, lovey dovey couple stuff..!
(Let’s just forget what really happens chat👀🤞🏼)
Touya didn’t know what the work healing meant, he had to really ruin himself to figure it out.
He spent most days in the hospital undergoing treatments, surgeries that promised to keep him stable, and therapy that ensured the best for him, physically and emotionally.
He really fucking hated every moment of it.
Being cooped up in a room, having nurses come in and out saying shit he really didn’t understand, but always with the promise “You’re gonna be better soon!”…How soon were they talking, because it seemed that days would pass where doctors would be hounding over him, connecting him to different machines like a vegetable experiment in science class and offering assuring words that he was honestly damn tired of hearing..
“Touya Todoroki, I’m nurse Y/n, I’ll be administering your pain medication today..” You walked in with a little smile on your face but it wasn’t like the sympathetic ones the other staff would always use on him..
“Mm..” he’d grumble back turning his gaze away from you as he shifted in his bed a bit to atleast sit up against the pillows, his eyes flickered instead towards the little corner of flowers and balloons only his family had given him, …it was..way too nice of them.
During his time here Touya was always just quiet, he didn’t care for conversation or responding- not when he already wanted to just be ok enough to leave this place..
“Those are some pretty flowers, what’s your favorite?” You ask, and it doesn’t really catch him off gaurd, more so brings a little sigh out of his mouth, you’d think you would have taken his non response in the beginning as an answer that he didn’t really wanna be spoken too, all the other nurses or doctors did, not you though..
“…Sure..” he only responds to the first part of the sentence, leaning back against the pillows and looking down at his lap, at his hands which were finally starting to look like his again, like they belonged to him atleast.
You eye him for a second as you count all the pills you’ve spilled out onto your hand, “Well, my favorite is always changing, maybe yours is too…, I should probably think of better questions then hm?” You chuckle knowingly, Touya’s brows furrow and his gaze flickers to you
You know he’s ignoring you, you just don’t care…..alright, he wants to lie to himself and say that that doesn’t catch him off gaurd either but..he knows damn well that stutter in his heartbeat means that it did..
His finds his eyes roaming over you, now curious, he commits your appearance to memory, you’re…beautiful in all honesty and Touya hates that he has to admit that to himself..
He quickly takes the pills you give him with a sharp gulp and huffs to himself..
He doesn’t wanna extend this interaction longer than it has to..
“Have a good rest of your day Touya..” you say warmly and give him one last little smile before turning to walk out of the room, you’re tired of having patients who honestly seem to hate when you enter the room, you know it’s not that they hate you, they hate the predicament their in but it always stings—
“Moonflower..” his gruff voice sounds out from over shoulder just as you open the door to leave, you blink a few times in surprise and glance over at him, he’s already slipped down into the bed more and bundled himself with the covers, his back to where you stood…
You’re quiet for a second before a more unstoppable smile grows on your features
“…..They’re beautiful….” You hum finally and then step out of the room, the door shutting behind you…
Touya sighs out shakily almost like he was holding his breath, he screw his eyes shut and cursed inwardly towards himself..
Touya and you grew really close during your time together at the hospital, got to the point where the only person he wanted in his room was you.
He got better, which, he didn’t want, cause he thought that meant losing you, he couldn’t help himself when on his way out he asked you on a date- he definitely wasn’t expecting you to say yes.
He definitely wasn’t expecting the best happy ending of his life.
The sweet scent of the moonflower bouquet sat on your shared bedrooms vanity wafts throughout the house, tickling your nose as you slept comfortably beside Touya, hands on his bare chest and head nuzzled into his neck.
It was calm enough at last, being together for a couple months now you already could tell that this was the long run, this was it for the both of you, being together like this every night in eachothers arms, talking every morning, him learning how to cook just for you, it was the most blessed life Touya could ask for especially because he finally knew what it feels like to be loved wholly.
Of course though.., Touya can’t forget where he came from, his roots, his growth, the change he’s still trying to put in everyday just to be good enough for you all the time..
You feel Touya’s chest get wiped from beneath your hands like he was pulled out of bed, it’s so intense it jolts you right awake as well.., your first instinct is to look around the room, eyes squinting through the dark to see nothingness, just your bedroom illuminated by the sliver of window moonlight
“Touya what..” your sentence trails off as you hear the sharp inhales Touya’s intaking, it even subconsciously begins to make your own chest hurt at hearing the air being sucked in and out over and over in repetition and no cool down of the serenity that once was over the room..
It was now replaced with a sorrowful panic, a certaint look in Touya’s eyes that practically sent shivers through your legs, the type that gave you secondhand shock…
You struggle with words for a second, til your mouth realizes you can’t watch this anylonger before you cry at seeing this fearful expression on his face for the first time
“You’re safe…you’re safe ..ok?” You attempt slowly, is this what you should be saying? Can he even hear you? His hand claws at his chest and he finally gets his shaky eyes to gaze your way, looking at your face like it’s his safe haven, his life raft to pull him up from this suffocating water of terror..
“It was a nightmare…., you’re in bed with me …yeah?…see around the room..” you prompt quietly and reach your hand out to rest on his shoulders stroking up and down his bicep, his eyes don’t leave you- like they physically can’t, and his own scarred hand comes up to trap yours in a grasp to ground himself, interlocking your fingers
His breath begins to slow a bit, his breaths transition into soft whines, whimpers of sadness, maybe even frustration, an overflowing emotional damn results in the downpour of his eyes screwing shut, tears dribble down his face and he makes a sound of uncomfortability before tugging you against him into a tight bear hug, arms squeezing you into him like this is all he needs in life to be happy ever again..
“..Touya….baby..what happened?…Talk to me please..” your voice is shaky, this whole moment messed you up bad, especially as something to be woken up to, it’s obvious you were feeling just as scared as he was…
“bad…” he begins and bites his tongue, he’s not a kid anymore..
“thought I..didn’t make it for a second there..” he attempts to let out a laugh, it sounds out of place, and even he knows that..
You feel your heart stutter over a beat before your arms come to gradually wrap around his torso in sad understanding, “Nightmare?..” you ask out softly and only get a tighter squeeze in response..
“…you didn’t Touya….you pulled through and I’m so glad you did..” your bottom lip purses out uncontrollably wobbling as you press soft pecks to his shoulder
“…yeah…?” he asks, maybe he just wants to hear again, hear that someone’s glad he’s alive, that someone loves him..
“..yeah…..I love you so much Touya..” Touya’s breath hitches and he hiccups out a tiny sob that he couldn’t catch and hold back through his teeth..
“…I love you too..” he says quietly against the cool night air, your soft pecks are returned when Touya turns his head to face you and plants his lips against your nose bridge, a newfound flame of passion in his eyes that once only held pain and hate..
“..mm..” you rub his hair out of his face and kiss him back lips to lips this time, pulling back only to make sure he’s feeling 100 percent, “you need anything…?” your voice is soft, understanding, Touya chuckles wearily and he shakes his head, forehead coming to rest against yours..
“…nah…got everything I need already..” his comment makes your snicker, your arms trailing up to drape around his shoulders breathing him in contently
He hums and closes his eyes, holding up it against him still as he falls down onto the bed with you in his embrace.., face to face, chest to chest, and then lips to lips, once more.
the moonflowers at the vanity shimmer a glowy white as the night hits them head on, the scent flows freely in the room, and the sound of laughter as Touya nips at your neck is the best thing Touya’s heard in a while.
I hope it was good!!! Sorry for shortness!! 😮💨<33333
