Your Friendly Hooman

his leg is throbbing, and there’s blood on his brand new suit, but your voice makes it all leave his mind. he pictures the little apron you wear when you cook, the one he pulls the strings of to bring you into his chest from behind, and he pictures the small plants you keep by the windowsill in the living room, the ones you talk to as you water them.

there’s not a lot izuku’s been guaranteed in life. there’s not a lot he hasn’t had to claw his way up to—but you, and your little home together, and the gentle smile that paints your face as you cradle his cheeks are all things that come so easily. he tries to imagine the feeling of the scattered kisses you always place along his freckles, and the way your fingers tickle his neck as they lightly trail over his skin until they reach his hair.

“i like the sound of that,” he murmurs, “sounds like a good night.”

“well, then hurry up and come home,” you huff, and his heart hurts in his chest. it hurts that he has to keep you waiting every night, keep you worried and praying for his return, and it hurts he has to keep you waiting a bit longer.

you deserve someone who’s always at arms reach, ready to drop the world to run after you, not the other way around. but you get it, and you’re patient, and you love him.

“sweetheart, you know i love you, right?” he asks softly, and there’s a slight crack in his voice. you frown, and he can picture the way your eyes dim at the way he sounds so small.

“of course i do,” you say gently, and there’s a fondness in your tone he doesn’t think he deserves, but he craves anyway, “and i love you too, baby. i’m proud of you, you know.”

he can hear the smile in your words, the awe in your voice, and midoriya izuku thinks the day he really started living was the day he met you. and he’s lived a good life—the best even, and it’s all because of you.

he blinks, and a stray tear trails down his cheek at your words, and even if he doesn’t deserve to hear it, even if he doesn’t deserve you, he clings to those words like they’re his last lifeline.

“i’m sorry i’m keeping you waiting,” he whispers.

“you know i’d wait a life time for you, right?” you giggle, and it’s a bitter statement, he thinks. the world is so cruel, but you’re the small bit of kindness he’s been gifted, and he thinks he might just be tainting your beauty. you’re the sun in his hands, and he wonders if he’s been dimming you down all this time.

maybe it’s better this way after all.

“promise me you won’t,” he sniffles. “don’t wait that long, okay?”

“izuku?” you frown, voice rising in concern at his statement. “are you okay?”

“you shouldn’t wait a lifetime for me, you know. you’d waste your time.”

“not if it’s you,” you say firmly, and he lets out a soft, shaky breath, and one last time, he looks up at the sky as his vision starts to blur at the edges. he smiles at the sun as it kisses his pale skin, and he thinks it’s the brightest he’s ever seen it in these last few moments he has. “izuku? are you there?”

“yeah,” he just barely breathes, “i’m here, sweetheart. i love you. thank you for loving me too.” with one last breath, he shuts his eyes, and the phone slips from his hand as his body slumps, but there’s a smile on midoriya izuku’s cracked lips.

he hopes you don’t wait up too long tonight, and he hopes you’ll learn to smile again some day now that he’s gone.

"how did i get roped into doing this?" bakugou grumbled as he watched todoroki attempting to make dinner for the 5 and 3 year old.

"mommy said it was because you're a softie when it comes to us" your son chirped up while playing with the utensils that bakugou had just put out for them all.

"what?! im not a 'softie' and stop playing with your spoon!" bakugou yelled about to say some unkind words before todoroki stopped him."you're going to wake up the baby bakugou"

"tch, just focus on the food icy-hot what's taking so long anyways" bakugou walked over to where todoroki was at pushing him aside to look at what exactly he was making.

"what even is this?! it doesn't look edible" bakugou examined the burnt looking dish trying to see if anything was salvageable but groaned turning to look back at todoroki with narrowed eyes.

"if you can't cook why didn't you tell me before i left you in charge of cooking duty!" todoroki shrugged then went looking in the freezer for any microwavable food that they could make real quick but it was to no luck.

"can we have pizza?" your daughter spoke up which made your son walk over to the fridge jumping up and pulling off a paper that the hung on a magnet.

"the number is on here!" he said shoving the paper up at todoroki who gently took it out of his hands.

"fine! but only if you guys don't tell your dad or mom that we burnt the food." bakugou said snatching the paper out of todoroki's hand to go dial the number.

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"thanks" bakugou mumbled after paying the delivery guy. he closed the door and walked over to the dinning table throwing the pizza box down.

"enjoy you brats" he said, sitting down next to them glancing at his watch to check how much longer he had to go through this.

"thank you uncle bakugou!" they both said before digging into the pizza.

he rolled his eyes at the nickname he had gained over the years, throwing them napkins.

"yeah yeah, just don't get too dirty. and no more than two slices!"

bakugou looked over to where todoroki was still at the kitchen preparing a bottle for the baby who was still asleep in her crib.

"icy-hot why are you making that right now? the kid is still sleeping."

todoroki sighed "did you even read the schedule they gave us? it says that the baby should be waking up around this time." todoroki walked up to bakugou handing him the paper that held the baby's schedule with tips and directions on what they should do in different scenarios.

"what the? how come you didn't tell me about this?!" bakugou yelled while todoroki just slightly smirked walking back to the kitchen counter to finish preparing the bottle.

bakugou glared at the half and half bastard grumbling to himself "dumbass thinks he's the better babysitter doesn't he?"

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the baby's crying was soon heard through the baby monitor that was nearby causing todoroki to rush over to the room telling bakugou to watch the other kids while he takes care of the baby girl.

"we're done" your son said after licking his fingers with a satisfied smile that matched your daughter's.

"you guys are a mess, come on." bakugou led them over to the sink lifting them up to wash their hands. after that he got some wipes to wash off their faces as well.

"there all clean, now go watch tv." bakugou ushered them over to the couch turning on the tv to a random kids show then went over to clean the mess on the dining table before laying with the kids on the couch.

currently your daughter and son watched the tv while playing with their toys. bakugou was glad your kids weren't too much of a hassle. he has visited them a couple of times before, noticing how polite they were at young ages.

that's one of the reasons why bakugou didn't put much of a fuss when izuku asked him to babysit (and also because izuku had told him that todoroki already agreed to babysit making his competitivness kick in).

he scoffed to himself when he remembers what your son said about calling him a softie for the kids.

you may have been correct on this one.

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bakugou was browsing through his phone while todoroki walked into the room after feeding the baby. he saw that your kids were already starting to doze off in their seats.

he looked at his clock noticing how late it was getting. he got up from his seat stretching his arms before turning the tv off. "bedtime."

"can you pick us up?" your daughter said throwing her arms up at him. bakugou rolled his eyes at the question "no you guys have two working feet for a reason."

"but daddy always picks us up when we're too tired. he's super strong." your son quipped and soon bakugou had them both in their arms grumbling that he was strong too.

todoroki shook his head at him, picking up the toys that were left on the couch and putting them in the toy box that was right near the couch.

bakugou dropped the two on their own beds saying a quick goodnight before todoroki stopped him from leaving the room.

"bakugou we need to read them a bedtime story, that's what y/n said to do." todoroki took a seat on the chair near the bookshelf that held all the children's books.

"yeah we can't sleep without them! can you also tuck us in uncle bakugou?" your son said laying down on his bed with your daughter following suit on her's.

bakugou groaned "why do you kids need me to do so much damn things?" bakugou said going to tuck them both in while todoroki looked for a book to read.

"you shouldn't say that word!" your son said covering bakugou's mouth with his tiny hand; bakugou swatted his hand away glaring at the boy.

"i can say whatever the hell i want!" your son and daughter gasped at him covering their ears.

bakugou let out a soft laugh at them before catching himself and covering it up with a frown. he finished tucking them in and walked over to lean on the doorway.

todoroki started reading the story he picked out and once the kids were fast asleep they both went off their separate ways; bakugou to the living room and todoroki to the kitchen.

bakugou threw himself on the couch closing his eyes for a moment before he would go help todoroki with the mess that was still in the kitchen.

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you opened the door to see both todoroki and bakugou sleeping on the couch with the baby being cradled in todoroki's arms. the baby girl looked over at you and izuku making grabby hands at you two and started giggling once you picked her up.

you assumed that they were trying to get the girl to fall back asleep after waking up crying and ended up falling asleep themselves.

"you wanna wake them up or should we just leave them?" you asked izuku who took off his suit coat and shook his head with a grin.

"lets leave them they probably would just get angry if we woke them."

"we both know you mean just katsuki would be angry at you" you laughed at his playful glare towards you and made your way to the baby's room where you and izuku would spend the next two hours awake with her.