Family Getting Ready for Bed
♡ Genre: Fluff
♡ Pairing: Bakugou x Pregnant!Reader
♡ Tags: Established relationships, married, aged up, kids, pregnancy
Bakugou peered over his living room chair to look at you asleep in your own chair, pregnant and with one of your youngest kids sleeping in your arms. Another kid is in Bakugou's arms, a damn brat who wouldn't sleep for hours until Bakugou held him there in his chair, arguing with them until they fell asleep against his chest.
Bakugou was the only one awake tonight. He wanted to complain about the brat's behavior to you, but you looked so peaceful sleeping in your rocking chair that he didn't dare disturb you just yet. But he'd have to move you and all the brats eventually, because there was no way in hell he was letting this family sleep in the living room for the entire night.
He cradled the kid in his arms and then escorted the tiny delinquent back to his own bedroom, before coming back to the living room to take the kid from your arms into another bedroom. Then, he finally came back for you.
Bakugou was more than strong enough to carry you bridal-style, but he didn't want to risk anything happening to the baby. His kisses dusted your cheek and he shook your shoulder.
"Get up," he whispered. "We gotta go to sleep together, babe."
"Five more minutes, mom," you murmured, with a mischievous grin playing on your lips.
"Don't be lazy," Bakugou said. "I don't know if it's safe to carry ya myself, babe. You gotta walk back to the bedroom with me, I didn't get married just to go back to sleeping alone. Plus, this ain't good for your neck."
"Fine..."
You opened your sleepy eyes and Bakugou led you back to your shared bed. He tucked you in first before heading in afterwards to cuddle with you.
"I think you should've just carried me," you murmured, eyes closed.
"Can't risk it without the doctor's say-so," Bakugou said, patting your tummy. "Don't wanna hurt ya. You and that kid are precious to me. You can sleep now, alright? I've got you, love."
"Mm... Thank you, Katsuki..."
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Based on the way Touya and Fuyumi behaved in their very early years, I've always gotten the impression the Todoroki family started out with something of a healthy dynamic.
The reason they were born was pretty twisted and Endeavor's ambitions may have made the foundation rotten, but I think they were 'fine' until the genetic disparity with Touya's Quirk was detected. What's sad about that is if Touya didn't have that issue, he and Fuyumi would probably have been the only two siblings. Endeavor wanted Touya for a successor. Rei wanted Fuyumi so that Touya would have a sibling and they could support each other.
Natsuo and Shouto were born because Endeavor's ambitions meant more to him than his family.
And tragically, Touya and Fuyumi are the only two kids in that family who can remember this happy life. It's why Fuyumi was so desperate to get it back, and in his own warped way, Touya also tried to reclaim it.
Here's the thing that gets me, though:
It is very common and normal for a toddler to prefer one parent over the other. Usually, it's the parent they're the most family with: The one that stays home with and takes care of them.
Remember, to a toddler, everything is new and potentially scary, and that can often include a parent that is not always present: The parent that's working.
In the Todoroki house, Endeavor had his career as a hero, so we have the indication that Rei was the parent who stayed home. In that situation, the probability of Rei being the 'familiar parent' was more likely, so for Touya to prefer his father over his mother shows just how close he was to Endeavor. That probably happened because 1.) we can see Endeavor started training him at a very young age, and 2.) Fuyumi was the new baby and probably needed more attention from their mother, so Touya may have gravitated away from Rei on his own and went to his father instead.
Touya didn't see his father's ambitions for him. He didn't see that he was a successor as opposed to a son. What he, a child, saw and understood was that his father loved him and wanted to spend time with him. After the genetic disparity was detected and that pride and affection disappeared, he didn't know how to cope.
In contrast, Natsuo and Shouto never even saw the family happy. Natsuo was three-four years old when this happened. Fuyumi looks devastated that things aren't her version of normal. Natsuo just looks confused because, again, everything is new to toddlers. This was the normal he grew up with. Touya attacking Shouto might be one of his first memories, so he never stood a chance and that is why he left home the moment he had the opportunity.
It also explains his lack of understanding for Fuyumi's hope for a normal family. Fuyumi's mindset runs as, "We had that once. It's possible to have it again." Which in its own way, expecting things can just return to the way they were is a little disrespectful to her brother that died, and I think Touya's reappearance did shatter her illusion since she never brings up 'being a real family' after Dabi's Dance.
The point is, since Natsuo never saw what Fuyumi and Touya saw, he can't see what she wants to return to, so her decision to forgive their father is one he can't comprehend.
And if Natsuo can't remember the happy family, then there's no way Shouto does because this is what their home looked like by the time he was old enough to start forming concrete memories.
We're looking at two different sets of children, the older pair and the younger pair, who started out with very different childhoods.
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