????? ???????? | todoroki x reader [ soulmate! au ]

"Our universe grants every soul a twin -- a reflection of themselves -- the kindred spirit -- And no matter where they are or how far away they are from each other -- even if they are in different dimensions, they will always find one another. This is destiny; this is love."

- Julie Dillon

Warning: Prison/visits, city destruction.
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The damage upon the surface was bad. Like, ludicrously bad. Some buildings and stores were crushed, and chunks of metal, glass and rubble covered the ground like a layer of snow. It was nowhere near safe for any citizens to come outside, let alone you guys.

The dust hadn't even begun to settle, and you could barely see ten feet in front of you. Luckily, Hawks had taken the liberty of standing in front of everyone and flapping away as much of the dust he could with his wings. It wasn't even safe for any of you to be walking outside. But you would be damned if you had to stay down in that place any longer.

       Looking to the side, you spotted Aizawa. Lord knows you had plenty of questions to ask him, but right now you needed to ask the one that was most important to you.

       "Where's Jasper? I wanna hit him."

      "(Y/N)," Hawks said from in front of you, "We need to get you to the hospital to get checked. We don't know what state you're in right now, and we need to make sure you're feeling okay."

      "Let me hit Jasper and I'll be fine."

       "(Y/N), you're not going to hit Jasper," was Aizawa's response.

       "I'll shoot him then."

       "You can't do that."

       "In the face."

       "You're not shooting anyone."

       "I'm going to shoot him two times in the face."

"(Y/N), no."

"Come on! I had an awesome protagonist moment in the previous chapter where I said there was one last thing I had to do, and now you're pulling that away from me!"

"What—"

      "(Y/N)," Todoroki said from next to you, and you looked at up, not stopping your quick pace, "Trust me, I'm as mad as you are. And hey," he gently gripped your hand, stopping you in your tracks, and held it in both of his hands, "I promise you, you will get the opportunity to punish him."

       You had to refrain from making a certain dirty joke. It wasn't his fault he was using certain words, it was just your dirty mind. First bonding, and now punishing.

       Still though. He had to at least know just a LITTLE about what it could mean.

       You just fucked up the world, why were you thinking about this?

       Maybe because as he stared down at you with those kind and gentle eyes you had grown to love, it became clear to you how much effort he had been putting in to remain by your side. While you were off galavanting and hurting him in the process, he had decided to stay.

      You stared at him. He was so beautiful. He was handsome before. But now, after all this time; seeing his character, what he's gone through, what he's pushed through, what he would do for his friends and family, what he would do for you. Now he was absolutely beautiful.

       You hadn't even known your hand was reaching up for his face until your palm rested gently against his cheek. You could still see the tear tracks, and his cheeks warmed at your touch. Putting a few loose strands of hair behind his ear, you smiled. Then you leaned in and kissed him. You felt his eyes flutter shut, and you felt his body completely relax under your touch.