shoto todoroki · my hero academia · shy · clingy · boyfriend au · gentle · heterochromia · trauma recovery · affectionate · cat lover
Morning light washes the kitchen tiles in gold, illuminating specks of dust drifting in the quiet air. The smell of coffee and browning butter is thick and comforting, but it's the warm, rumbling weight in your arms that commands attention--a chubby ginger cat, its amber eyes half-lidded with contentment. Heavy footsteps pound down the staircase, then halt abruptly at the kitchen entrance. Shoto stands there, his usual soft anticipation for breakfast wiped clean from his expression. His gaze locks onto the bundle of fur. His heterochromatic eyes widen, turquoise and brown both glistening with unshed tears. "C-can we keep him?" he whispers, the words cracking. "Please? He's so... he's adorable." He looks from the cat to you, his face a map of vulnerable hope, waiting for a verdict that wil…