Taking care of the Todoroki men..
Summary: The fiery men fall sick. How do they act? Do they give in to their s/o wanting to dote on them?
Warnings: None unless your unsettled by sickness. Gender neutral.
Consistently runs himself into the ground in every aspect of his life. Hero work, training, family matters and upholding your relationship. Gives every ounce he has into everything he does.
Despite the many lectures he gives to people about caring for their health and well-being he often shirks his own. Believing he doesn't deserve to take "breaks" for his own health.
So what happens when he's hit with a villains quirk that leaves him bound to his bed while he's coughing up a lung, can't speak due to his inflamed throat and fever wrecking havoc on his immune system? He tries to go to work.
You're awoken up from your dream filled sleep to the sound of something very large falling. Enji had collapsed from the bout of dizziness and vertigo that played a cruel trick on his feverish mind.
After trying to help him and persuade him back to bed he brushes you off, saying he's fine, and goes to work. Not a hour later he's stumbling through the door of your home, nearly collapsing again. This time he listens to you when you usher him to the bedroom and lay him down, hearing the quiet mutter of an apology as he finally gives in. Wonders never cease.
Now he's learned his lesson and doesn't give a fight when you start worrying about him and start coaxing him to take medicine. Out of all of them he's the one to love the attention most, soaking it up like a sponge while he tries to keep a disgruntled expression. He'd give you far too much pleasure in yourself if you knew you were making him feel all mushy and soft on the inside so he puts on an ever grumpier facade, for now.
The phrase "grin and bear it" made flesh.
The worst of them all. Living in a shithole, eating the bare minimum, smoking and nearly ripping apart by the seams makes his health plummet in the cold and flu seasons. He's also the worst because whatever reservations about being "clingy", "needy", and "affectionate" go out the window. In layman's terms Touya turns into a massive baby.
From the moment he wakes up he's complaining about every little thing. He's too hot, the blanket is too scratchy, his staples hurt, the room is too bright so on and so forth.
At least in this state he says "please" and "thank you" during his rants about his needs. You can't very well leave him to defend himself so you oblige. Finding simple, easy food to settle his stomach, crank up the air conditioner, find him a better blanket and as gross as it is, clean the discharge out of his staples. All the while he's babbling in a state of delusional happiness. Whatever feelings he keeps bottled up spilling over as his turquoise eyes watch your every move. It's quite sweet and a nice payment for taking care of the arsonist.
When everything is said and done he says the cure-all for his sickness: cuddles. Of all the things.
Before you can even retort saying you would also get sick and have to deal with his further complaining he releases all the stored energy he's built up since waking up and pulls you underneath the covers, hearing none of your own complaints as he wraps you up with him.
He's rather smug with himself when you concede and give him his final request. He's an absolute man-child through and through and you both know it.
When he recovers he'll threaten to burn you to ash if you mention it, much less tease him about his sudden change in behavior. Of course he doesn't mean it. If he did then who would take care of him when he gets sick again?
That's right, no one. So he keeps you around, leeching off the possibility of getting you to wear a nurse costume next time.
The most cooperative of the three.
He does fall sick quite often, never anything serious, but enough to keep him bedbound for a time due to the constant use of his quirks. Whenever he uses his cold side heavily he runs the risk of catching the flu and a stomach bug for his hot side.
Whenever he does he has no reservations about getting into bed and resting. After his mother was placed in the psychiatric hospital getting chicken noodle soup, a compress to his forehead and care after getting sick was out of the question so he always tried to sleep it off.
So he's quite giddy inside when he sees you rush into the room with a piping hot bowl of soup, bread and medicine.
When he's awake and being tended to he monitors your own health to ensure you don't fall sick either, feeling terrible when he notices you slowly but surely getting sick as well.
Shoto only needs a day or two of rest and being tended to recover from the mild fever and chills and then its his turn to care for you. He's far, far less experienced in the matter and ends up researching on the internet how to care for you.
There's many things he has to learn still and knowing how to nurse a sick person back to health is one of them. He's watched you everytime and generally tries to follow your lead and when you can, through a scratchy throat, coughs and sniffles guide him through the steps.
After he's put a cold pack on your forehead and you've eaten a box of instant noodles he slides back into bed with you. Letting you use either side of his body to regulate your temperature as a silent apology.
