âthat's quite the lightshow you got there, pal."
You froze as the blood drained from your face. Slowly, you turned behind you to see the smaller skeleton that had accompanied Papyrus at the beginning of the showâ Sans.
âYeah! Must be a weird effect from the floatingâŠthing.
âfloating thing?â
âYeah! You weren't there to see it but uhâŠPapyrusâŠmade me float. So now I'm glowing.â
Sans reached up and scratched his cheek, a small snicker escaping him, âyeah?â
âYep! Magic is crazy like thatâŠheh.â
He paused for a moment, âi, uhâŠknow you're not all that familiar with magic, buddy,â Sans looked you over, the ridge above his eye socket raising as though it were a brow, âor maybe you areâŠâ
You gulped.
âeither way, let me shine some light on the situation and let ya know that uhâŠâfloating thingsâ don't make you glow.â
...
You have strange abilities you've never been able to fully explain. Magic had wormed its way into your life and hadn't left despite your wishes to ignore it.
But that was alright, you'd be ok as long as no one found out !
There were various glassed artifacts and paintings along the walls. You walked over to one glassed artifactâexcept it wasn't an artifact.
It was a dog.
A small white fluffy dog chewing on a bone labeled "SUPER COOL SPECIAL ATTACK" in sharpie. It was in Papyrus as wellâ? You couldn't remember the last time you'd seen anybody use that font, let alone write in it.Â
You leaned forward and tapped the glass. The dog barked and went back to chewing. You looked down at the small plaque in hopes it'd answer one of your many questions.
"Annoying Dogâ seriously, this dog is annoying. Won't stop chewing things at inconvenient times and blowing up other things at even more inconvenient times. Please do not let out of the cage."
Todoroki didn't recieve a lot of physical affection (for obvious reasons), so he's definitely not used to it
Nor does he fully understand how to engage in it
Is there a proper way to hold your hand? How tightly is he supposed to hug you? He won't crush you, will he?
He overthinks the whole process so much so that he doesn't enjoy it as much as he wants to
And he doesn't communicate this either. He just has this really intense look on his face (which freaked you out at first because no one should look THAT serious while hugging someone).
It takes him some time to settle in and relax
After that, he enjoys it a lot more.
He likes hugging
He didn't understand the appeal behind it at first, but he really learns to appreciate it
It's not so much that it overwhelms him, but it's not so little that it doesn't comfort him
It makes him feel safe
When he hugs you first, it's a little awkward. He kinda puts all of his weight on you
You know how partners will kiss each other on the cheek while saying good bye?
He hugs you instead.
It's a little awkward for everyone else, but it's fine because he's happy
That might seem like more of a platonic thing then a romantic thing to everyone else, but it's his love language.
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