Your warmth
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Summary: The Cordyceps virus ravaged the world for six years, leading to chaos internationally. Class 1-A has found a way to survive through this new world. You make unlikely love in this apocalyptic world.
Pairing: Katsuki x reader Fluff!
Wc: 2k
a/n : This is also in a world with NO QUIRKS. This is incredibly based on The Last of Us because I'm a huge freak who is obsessed with post-apocalyptic and Apocalyptic media. Now this is my first fic ever, so bare with me pleaseee.
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The world has been plagued by the cordyceps virus for 6 years now, transferred through the agriculture we share with the world. First, it was the overloading of hospital visits; The Elderly being more prone to the virus. Then all over the news, people were attacking others. The Government launched a program called F.E.D.R.A, Federal Disaster Response Agency. A portion of people are being quarantined to keep order amongst us. But once you lose power, you have all the bad and the good fighting to get a hold of it. With the rise of FEDRA came The Fireflies. Now there was an even balance, the rebellion and The Tyranny.
Just to think back about the world before the outbreak just brings a wave of nostalgia. You cant go back to those times. Accept that. Just as soon as summer came Winter was right behind breathing down the crook of your neck.
Between the years You and Class 1-A moved around sanctuary to sanctuary. No place was truly permanent. Now you've found temporary Shelter in a lodge up near the mountains which looked like its last occupants were long gone, It's Closest neighbor is around a mile or five away. The farther the better.
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The front door opens, breaking you from your thoughts, Its Katsuki, He had just came back from a supply run with Kirishima and Tenya. Katsuki dragged his boots against the mat to get rid of the snow stuck to it. Despite how full the lodge was with the people and the surviving furniture it always seemed so incredibly hollow. You could hear your own thoughts with how silent it could get.
"Any luck?" Izuku looked up from his journal, he's been journaling a lot to keep track of how long its been since you've last seen your class together. He's been the most serene this past week. Its bothersome.
"No, almost everything has been looted. Bastards left nothing." Katsuki pressed the tip of his boot against the heel of the other to kick it off. "We've been searching and scavenging everything." He finishes his sentence as he tosses his backpack on the floor.
"It's obnoxious, We've been everywhere yet we've found barely anything." Kirishima sits down close to the fire, warming up his fingers. Tenya opens his backpack and sets what he found away. A few canned goods such as kidney beans, peaches, and peas. Not the greatest combination but anything to get you fed and energized for the week.
A silence grows over the group, the awkwardness is deafening. you look around before speaking, "Any infected?" you put out.
"maybe four runners and two stalkers?" Tenya replied giving Katsuki a glance. "Nothing too serious" he brushes it off. he starts cleaning his knuckles with a rag. Its his last resort to use his fists but as long as the place is cleared of infected.
"You almost done cooking Todoroki?" Kaminari speaks up, his stomach grumbling. Todoroki was stirring the pot over the fireplace, the crinkle sound of the wood fills the silence. Inside the pot had a mixture of canned foods; it had rice and various beans.
"Almost.." Todoroki responded as he continues stirring. You sit up in your seat, Katsuki was leaning against a wall nearby with his arms crossed. You look over your shoulder, eying him. You look at his bicep. How did nobody notice the slit he had through his jacket. You could vaguely see inside.
"You're hurt" You say practically pointing out the obvious to him. He looks at his arm and back at you muttering an 'okay?'. You glare before rising to your feet , making your way to him. You begin removing his sleeve from the injured arm. "Did you notice it just now or were you just choosing to ignore this gash in your arm?"
"It's not a big deal, I'm fine and its not a bite mark so you're fussing over nothin'." he attempts to brush it off, to brush you off, but to no avail.
"Relax, just let me see the damage.." You examine his gash. Unbeknownst to you, he was staring at you, a tenderness in his eyes that was uncharacteristic for him.
"Cmere.." You pull him along to the dining room where the first aid sat from when Sero came back from a scavenge with a puncture so deep if you were to reach into it you'd touch the sun. It wasn't unusual for the scavengers to come back less in tack then how they left. They were always highly appreciated.
He leans against the table as you open the first aid and grab an alcohol wipe to disinfect it. as you gently clean his wound he hear him hiss and whisper 'fuck' several times. "Your such a baby, Its not that bad.." You mock Katsuki, side glancing seeing his scrunched up face, there was an unusual flutter in your stomach, hes grown on you.
"Shut up idiot.., You don't constantly put yourself at risk just so others can enjoy eating and sleep without worries in the morning." Katsuki spits, his words having slight damage.
"You're right, however you come back, still in shape, still Katsuki who complains about everything." You respond now wrapping the gauze around his bicep. "I appreciate what you do, Greatly, We all do" You look him dead in the eyes. You could see his pupils dilate at your words. A certain sparkle you didn't see before.
"You always this disgustingly sweet or were you smoking weed before I got here." He attempts to downplay the way your words struck him in the heart. Maybe it grew three sizes too.
"You caught me in a good mood" You smile at him, your gaze softening as you hold eye contact. He looks away, a small smirk trying to play on his lips. "You're all done, Did you want me to kiss your boo-boo too or-"
he quickly cuts you off "Fuck off" rejecting your offer as he gets up "I'm not that easy" he glares, a smirk still playing on his lips.
Kaminari interupts your gentle moment with Katsuki "Todoroki hurry up, My stomach is eating itself, I'm gonna die of hungerrrr" Kaminari whines, "I don't care if its not salty or spicy- or whatever you're trying to make it be, hurry up."
"That might be our queue to get back" You pull yourself away from his bicep, seeing his face change back to annoyance as he leans off the table.
"He's almost done, just wait fat ass" Sero responds to Kaminari's impatience, shoving him to the side. Finally, Todoroki starts serving portions to everyone. Rationing has been the worst these past couple of days. Not many nonperishables have been found since the Raiders take everything.
"Do you guys ever wonder what our prom would've been like if there was never an outbreak?" Ochaco speaks up, If Ochaco wasn't helping tend to the sick or those who are injured she's doing nothing. not like there's much to do when you're stuck in a lodge when its blistering cold outside. However that question stayed stuck in your head, what would've you all been doing if the outbreak never happened? Would you all still be close friends?
"I do, sometimes. What would've our prom song be?" You glance around the room. Some of your classmates are just out of it. Within the four years you've all managed to stay alive, you've seen all too much blood and death; it surrounds you all.
Jirou, who has been the quietest today, replies with "I think Under your spell by Snow strippers-"
"That'd play at a rave, not at prom," Mina interjects. "Probably something by Lana Del rey!" this conversation turns into background noise soon after, Everyone began to roll out their sleeping bags near the fire. Everywhere else in the lodge was freezing cold. Everyone but you could sleep, You found yourself roaming around the lodge. Dragging your feet along the wooden boards.
You push open one of the doors to find a small library, You drag your fingers against the spines of the books. the floorboards creak again but its not your feet moving. This place should've already been cleared of infected. Your hand idly moves to the lamp next to you, you grip it with your might before swiftly turning around. Its Katsuki.
"Goddamn! You almost gave me a heart attack!" You let out the breath you didn't know you were holding.
"You should've seen your face" Katsuki teeth shows with his smile "Your face just went pale" he laughs.
"That wasn't funny you asshole!" You place the lamp down and punch his shoulder.
"It was, you wouldn't have said that if it was you in my spot instead" He responds, He reads your face. Sensing something was wrong, his smile slowly disappearing "What's wrong?"
"What Ochaco said earlier stuck with me, How different our lives would be y'know?" You begin "You don't ever think about that?" You hold yourself looking down at your socks.
"No, what's the point of it?" You look up at Katsuki as he says that "We can't go back to that, sure those times were easier but that's no longer the present. The more you linger in the past the harder it is for you to move on to the future." He makes eye contact with you. He's terribly right however the truth is harder to take dry.
"Yeah your right" You look down at your socks again, he lifts your chin so you look back at him.
"I hate when you do that, look at me as boldly as you did when you were aiding me. Now you just look like a kicked puppy." Katsuki cups your chin, There was that flutter again. All that was reoccurring in your mind was 'God please don't let this be a dream'.
"Don't look at me like that" You gently push his arm away, He snaps his teeth.
"Like what?" Katsuki gives a taunting look, His bravado act is obnoxious but you feel weak at the knees, like if you fall he'd catch you. "I go out there, in the cold, and all that goes through my mind is you. It's annoying how repetitive you are in my head. What keeps me from getting my jugular ripped out by a clicker is you. At first you were just some moron in my way- well you are still a moron in my way but"
Your feet move on their own, you clasp his face and smash your lips onto his. Katsuki immediately reacts, pulling you closer by your hips. One of your hands move up to his hair, your fingers brushing through his blonde strands. As you pull away for a moment to catch your breath, he leans into the palm of your hand.
"Do you think we'll make it?" You say brushing your thumb against his pale pink lips which were covered with your mixed saliva. He looks different when he's under your light.
"Maybe, there's no guarantee." He makes eye contact with you, he's aware of how he makes you feel, you wear subtitles on your face. "I hope we will, Id hate not to have you like this"
"Your still gonna like me in the morning right? Like your not only gonna like me when its dark out and everyone's asleep?" You voice your insecurity, You enjoyed this. So much so you wish everyday was like this, where has this version of Katsuki been these past few years.
"I'm sure I will.." Katsuki responds "I've never met someone as interesting as you" He draws circles on your hips with his thumbs.
"Oh i'm sure" You roll your eyes "We can continue this in the morning, when we have more time together" you press a long kiss against his lips again. Leaving him chasing them, he successfully captures them again.
This time its longer, everytime you pull away its to get a quick huff of air then back to his lips. Finally, your lips make a popping sound when you tear away from him. You take his hand in yours and go back to the group.
Now you make your departure, exchanging goodnights and going to sleep. You know once you wake up you'll have him back in your arms again. Oh how you adore that annoying blonde bastard. Katsuki Bakugou is infact that easy, He'd die a million times by however many infected if it meant he'd come back and have you all over again.
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