I had a vauge idea for a plot in mind while drawing this, in which Leo, desperate to prove he's the best in some way or to save someone, tries to out-trick a deity of trickery, in exchange for powers of some sort, and in turn gets tricked over and accidentally ends up being the very person who hurts those he was trying to protect. Lots of angst, maybe he ends up accidentally causing his brothers deaths?
Probably not gonna be a story i make or anything real-ified in the near future, just my imagination going nuts for no reason while I doodle. But who knows
Been thinking about The Materialists, and I think a cooler story that's actually romantic would be if Kara meets Lena, interviews her for data points to match with others, and in the process falls hopelessly in love. But beyond the fact that Lena is her client, Lena is also very much straight, as evidenced by her request for men only.
Kara sends her on dates, but few rarely go beyond a first date. Even so, Lena doesn't seem discouraged. Every follow up with Lena is chipper and light and wonderful-- Kara drinks each one up like glasses of champagne. Soon, their exchanges are less about dates and matches and more about them becoming actual friends. They even start hanging out as friends.
During one such hang out sessions, when they're both buzzed and laying sprawled on Lena's vast couch late at night, Lena makes a quiet confession.
"Can you believe I don't even like men?"
Kara bolts upright in shock, all boozy blurriness disappearing in an instant. "What?!?"
"Oh, don't act so surprised, Kara," Lena says with a light laugh. "Men are awful."
"I agree," Kara blurts without thinking. "But why didn't you tell me?? I could have-- This changes everything??"
Only then does Lena's smile dim. "No. It doesn't."
Kara frowns in confusion. "What do you mean?"
"You know who I am," Lena says, her voice low. "Who my family is, and the people we associate with. You know perception is everything. And I cannot be perceived as anything other than society's blandest, most default definition of a human. The only thing allowed to stand out is how rich I am and how good my tits look in a gown."
Kara sputters, but can't deny it. She *does* know Lena's sphere of influence-- and the considerable influence she wields. Or what her family wields, at least.
"It's all right, darling," Lena consoles her. "I've long accepted that the most I can hope for is a husband I can tolerate. *Maybe* one I can be friends with." She snorts. "Who knew how difficult even that would be."
Kara's shock softens to pity. She reaches for Lena's hand, gripping it gently. "Lena..."
"It's all right," Lena repeats. She smiles, winks, and squeezes Kara's hand. "I promise."
"You deserve to marry someone you love," Kara insists. "Someone you're attracted to. A relationship that's more than just... tolerating."
Lena tilts her head against the back cushion, looking fondly at Kara in a way that makes Kara's insides melt.
a/n: idk I just think panicked shoto would be so cute <3
word count: 2.0k
synopsis: you and shoto had a date planned for today, you guys were gonna go out and get ice cream and go to the park. you got all dolled up and waited for him to come pick you up, but as more and more time passed, you started to realize that he had forgotten. now he has to make it up to you.
pairing: shoto todoroki x gn!reader
genre: slight hurt/comfort, fluff at the end, nothing too serious <3
warnings: not proofread and rushed LMAO
you looked in the mirror while you fixed your appearance. you were going on a date with your boyfriend, shoto, and you were so excited. even though you had been on plenty of dates, it always made you happy to spend time with him.
nothing too fancy was happening today, you two were going to get icecream at the local parlor and take a walk around the park. you were going to stuff some cards and a sketchbook in your bag just in case you guys needed something to do after a while.
it was 3:55pm, shoto was supposed to come get you at 4. you quickly slipped on your shoes and glanced one more time in the mirror before running downstairs.
unbeknownst to you, shoto was currently asleep.
he had a rather intense training day today and decided he would rest his eyes for a couple of minutes, but that couple of minutes had turn into hours and, well…
you sat on the couch that was near the window, scrolling on you phone and occasionally looking up to see if you could see shoto, feeing excited and giddy for your guys' date.
4:02, alright, that's fine. not too bad at all, two minutes late isn't bad at all. you looked back at your phone, seeing if shoto had texted you that he might be late, but he hadn't texted you since this morning.
4:08, okay… now it's weird for him to not have texted you. if he was going to be this late this needs a little warning, it's been almost 10 minutes since was supposed to pick you up, suspicious… you opened your phone once more and opened shoto's contact, texting him quickly.
y/n: hey, are you almost here yet??
(sent)
you waited patiently for it to show that shoto had read your text, but you were left on delivered for the next few minutes.
you decided to go wait outside, you could see him if he was walking down the street that way. but you walked all the way out to the sidewalk and saw… nothing.
y/n: shotoooo, where are you??
the vibrations of shoto's phone weren't enough to wake him, still sleeping peacefully in his bed back home.
4:15, okay, are you allowed to be mad now? i think you were allowed to be mad now.
y/n: heyy what's going on? where are u? you were supposed to get me 15 mins agoo
once it hit 4:20, you quickly opened your best friend, mina's, contact and called her. it took her less than 5 seconds to answer and you sighed in relief that at least one person would acknowledge you today.
"hey y/n~! what's up? you usually text me before you call me." mina sounded cheerful on the other end, a small bit of concern lacing her words.
you started to walk into the direction of her house, doing you best to not look angry to passerby. "mina, shoto forgot about our date and he's ignoring me!" you sounded exasperated. "can i come over? i worked hard to look good today, i'm not letting that go to waste."
mina gasped dramatically on the other end, sounds of her shuffling and moving around coming through the speaker on your phone. "getting ready now, i'll meet you halfway!" she quickly hung up the phone, and you laughed at her urgency.
you shoved your phone in your pocket, trying your best to not let this ruin your day. at least you got to hang out with mina, right?
shoto better have a good explanation for this.
mina kept her word, and while walking to her house you saw her pink form frantically running towards you in the distance. when she finally got close, she gasped dramatically once more. "you look so cute!! i can't believe shoto would miss out on the chance to see this!" she crossed her arms and frowned.
you smiled at her, adjusting your clothes. "thank you, mina."
she stomped her foot on the ground, arms still crossed. "how are you being so calm?! you should be so mad at him! look at how cute you are, and he's just ignoring you!" she wrapped her arm around yours and started to lead you to her house. "don't you worry, y/n, we're gonna have so much fun!"
mina didn't tell you this, but as she was walking towards you she was spamming shoto with angry messages.
mina: SHOTO TODOROKI!! explain yourself right now >:(
mina: how DARE you flake off my best friend!!! next time i see you you're getting it!!!
mina: i'm gonna go steal ur girl since u can't treat her right >:(
mina: I SEE HER SHE LOOKS SO CUTE. HOW COULD U ABANDON HER LIKE THIS????
she might have overreacted, maybe.
shoto woke up during mina's spam, half awake and turning his phone on silent from all the notifications and laid his head down.
then, icy fear struck his heart. he immediately sat up, wide awake now.
he opened his phone to look at the time, almost scared to look.
4:38.
he cursed under his breath, quickly getting out of his bed and changing out of his sweaty clothes, trying to look at his phone as he did so.
6 unread messages.
he saw your texts asking where you were, and pangs of guilt hit him in the gut.
he saw mina spamming him with angry messages, and assumed you had told her and that you were with her right now, he had to hurry up.
he ran down the stairs, his hair still a mess from sleep. his sister fuyumi greeted him, but he quickly ran past her, slipped on his shoes, and ran out the door.
he looked at his location on your phone, he saw you were a couple blocks away and walking in the opposite direction of his house, that must be where mina lives. he quickly took note of what street you were on and started running.
he opened your contact and called you, doing his best to run as fast as he could while still being able to hold the phone to his ear.
you felt your phone vibrate in your pocket, quickly reaching into it with your free arm that wasn't linked with mina's and looked at who was calling.
mina looked over your shoulder and snatched your phone out of your hand, shoving it into her own pocket. "nuh-uh! he doesn't get to be 40 minutes late and then steal you from me, you're mine now!" she pouted, squeezing your arm tightly.
"well, maybe he has a good reason-"
"nope!" she pointed her finger at you. "he ignored you, now you ignore him for a little bit to get back at him! then you can talk to him."
you sighed, shaking your head. "and you wonder why you're single." you mumbled under your breath.
mina gasped, holding her hand to her heart. "how could you say such a thing!" she asked, feigning offense.
shoto sighed as the call went to voicemail, putting his phone in his back pocket as he ran towards the street you were on. he couldn't blame you for ignoring him, but he wanted to explain himself to you sooner rather than later.
you didn't live that far away from him, so even though you were walking to mina's house you weren't terribly far away from him. he could make it there in just a couple minutes if he ran fast enough.
guilt was making its way into your gut since you ignored shoto's call, but every time you reached for your phone mina smacked your hand away and insisted that you ignore him back since he ignored you first.
you were almost at mina's house, you could see it in the distance, but then you heard fast footsteps running towards you both.
you instinctively turned around and stood in front of mina to shield her, but you were immediately taken aback by shoto running towards you.
your eyes widened, and he finally reached you he bent over, resting his hands on his knees as he tried to catch his breath. did he run all the way here from his house?
you observed his appearance, his hair was disheveled and his outfit was haphazardly put together, he was sweaty and out of breath. he looked like a mess, not typical for shoto.
mina peeked from over your shoulder, gasping and taking a step around you. "shoto todoroki!! you better have a good explanation for this, i was just about to hang out with her!! you ignore her, and now you come and steal her right as i get her?" she crossed her arms and pouted.
you smiled and put a hand on mina's shoulder. "girl, it's okay."
"y/n-" shoto said breathlessly, finally standing up as he caught his breath. you looked into his eyes, and all you could see was remorse and guilt. "-i'm so sorry, really." he took a deep breath. "i was training earlier, and i decided to rest my eyes for a little, and i was asleep for longer than i anticipated, i'm sorry for being so late."
you sighed, a small smile appearing on your face. you were happy that he wasn't ignoring you intentionally, and that he wasn't playing hooky on purpose, but you still felt a little upset.
shoto took your hands in his and ran his thumbs across your knuckles. "i'm very sorry," he looked into your eyes. "would you still like to go out?"
you squeezed his hands lightly, nodding. "yes, of course." you moved your hands away from his, looking over at mina. "sorry, we can plan for tomorrow?" you laughed lightly.
mina crossed her arms again, more playfully this time. "sure, go off with your boyfriend, just abandon me-" she laughed. "go have fun!!"
she waved at you, then looked at shoto and gave him a death stare. "if you do this again, i'm stealing her." she quickly changed her demeanor and waved at you again. "bye-bye!" and walked off.
you giggled at her actions, you loved your best friend.
you looked at shoto, seeing his disheveled hair and reaching up to smoothen it out. "did you even look in the mirror before you left?" you smiled.
"no, i saw the time and had to get to you as soon as possible to apologise." his lips curved upward as you smoothed his hair. "would you still like ice cream?"
once you flattened out his disheveled hair, you stood on your toes to kiss him on the cheek. you then held his hand and squeezed it gently. "well, of course!"
shoto smiled at your happy demeanor now, happy that he didn't just ruin your whole day. "let's go."
you all peacefully walked to the ice cream parlor, you got your favorite flavor and shoto got plain vanilla. you convinced him to make it a little more fun by adding sprinkles, then stole a bite.
after you all were done, you walked to the park and traveled down the winding and weaving paths, admiring flowers and occasional birds that passed by. there was a bench that was perfectly in the shade of a large tree nearby and you both decided to sit there.
you sat in comfortable silence for a while, leaning your head on his shoulder as you looked at the scenery around you.
"i'm still sorry for being late." shoto spoke, squeezing your hand for a moment. he felt terrible.
"it's not your fault," you squeezed his hand in return, reassuringly. "maybe next time you could just set an alarm." you giggled.
he smiled, nodding in agreement. "i will." he kissed the top of your head. "i love you, y/n."
you moved your head to look at him, a subtle blush covering your cheeks. he didn't take those words lightly, you knew every time he said them he absolutely meant them. "i love you too, sho."
