Todoroki woke up around noon, his small noises alerting Midoriya to his state. He seemed content, so Midoriya didn’t try and mess with him too much. Another bottle in the kitchen, and a playmat set up on the common room floor, were waiting for the pair.

Uraraka was settled on the couch when Midoriya placed Todoroki on the soft mat, looking up from her phone.

“Have you seen the group chat message?” She asked, smiling at Todoroki.

Midoriya stood. “No?” He pulled his phone out of his pocket. “Why?”

Aizawa to: Meme Teme 1-A: tomorrow, Recovery Girl is giving all Littles and Caregivers check-ups at noon. Please be present and on time .

Sparky Sparky Boom Man to: Meme Teme 1-A: what the fuck?

Hard boi to: Meme Teme 1-A: language Bakubro!

Sparky Sparky Boom Man to: Meme Teme 1-A: shut the fuck up!

Broccoli Might to: Meme Teme 1-A: what kind of check-up is it Mr. Aizawa?

Aizawa to: Meme Teme 1-A: a simple physical, along with a hormone injection to help speed up your natural process.

Broccoli Might to: Meme Teme 1-A: thank you!

Bubblegum Bitch changed Aizawa to: Let me Rest

Let me Rest to: Meme Teme 1-A: was this really necessary?

Bubblegum Bitch to: Meme Teme 1-A: yes

Wicked Reject to: Meme Teme 1-A: should Babysitters also show up?

Let me Rest to: Meme Teme 1-A: not unless they feel a need too. For example, Yaoyorozu might want to come to assist Midoriya with Todoroki.

God of Creation to: Meme Teme 1-A: I will see if my schedule allows for it

Sonic 2.0 to: Meme Teme 1-A: I was discussing a topic with Midoriya last night and felt it important to ask you Mr. Aizawa. How will Caregivers continue their education? And Littles as well?

Let me Rest to: Meme Teme 1-A: the school will issue laptops with recorded lessons to Caregivers and Littles. Students will be emailed their homework and classwork and given a grace period so they can finish it. Does that answer your question?

Sonic 2.0 to: Meme Teme 1-A: Yes. Thank you.

Let me Rest to: Meme Teme 1-A: if anyone has any other questions, message me privately please

Midoriya sighed. Getting Todoroki to actually attend a doctors appointment was going to be interesting. Ever since Midoriya had met him, the fire and ice user had proved himself adept at avoiding appointments. He scheduled study dates, offered to go on missions, or actually muttered about visiting home for a weekend to avoid the dentist. It was going to be hell trying to get him to cooperate.

Midoriya voiced his concerns to Uraraka, who shrugged. “And he’s getting bigger,” she pointed out. It was true. Todoroki had almost completely abandoned his play mat, opting to crawl around and name things with a diminishing lisp.

“It’ll be interesting,” Midoriya said. “I read that Littles often regress for the first time and only stay regressed for a small period of time.”

“Makes sense. They have to get use to all the changes,” Uraraka remarked.

They watched Todoroki crawl around for a bit longer before he tried to stick his fingers in an electrical outlet. After that, he was limited to watching cartoons on the couch with Uraraka while Midoriya edited her English essay.

Dinner was a normal affair. Denki was big enough to sit in a real chair in between his Daddies, and Todoroki was settled into a high chair next to Tokoyami. All three Littles received a similar dinner. Denki got hot dog pieces, and Todoroki and Tokoyami got a mix of real food and baby food.

As they all settled down to sleep for the night, Midoriya looked at Bakugou. “So,” He said.

“We aren’t talking about the hug.”

“Well that’s great, because I wasn’t going to say anything about it,” Midoriya grumbled. “I was going to ask how you plan to get Denki to Recovery Girl tomorrow.”

Bakugou shrugged. “Bribery, force, secrecy, and a boyfriend who can’t physically be electrocuted,” he responded after a minute.

Midoriya had only two of those things. He couldn’t beat Todoroki, Little or Big, in a fight, and he was currently dating the Little he was trying to wrangle. So bribery or secrecy it was.

The next morning, Midoriya cut up pancake pieces for a three year old Todoroki, who absolutely adored maple syrup and somehow managed to get the sticky liquid everywhere. Including his hair.

Momo offered to help with bathtime, which was a godsend. Midoriya lifted Todoroki out of the high chair and carried him to one of the bathrooms in the nursery.

“You aren’t using your quirk to lift him anymore,” Momo pointed out as she ran the bathwater to find a good temperature.

Midoriya looked around. “I hadn’t noticed,” he said. “I guess I just did it as a precaution. Dropping Shouto would’ve sucked.” He passed Momo a bottle of bubble bath.

She poured the sweet-smelling soap into the tub and unbuttoned her shirt. “You’re going to want to take yours off too,” she said, stretching a bit. She was still wearing a black sports bra, and she tied her pyjama shirt around her waist. “This will get messy.”

Midoriya followed her advice and stripped out of his shirt, leaving him in basketball shorts and his compression sleeve. Momo helped Todoroki out of his onesie and held his hands as he stepped into the tub.

“Bubbles!” Todoroki said happily, pressing his hands into the foamy surface of the bath. Momo smiled and turned a knob at the bottom of the bathtub. Heaters to keep the water warm. Smart.

Midoriya grabbed a plastic cup and scooped up the water to pour over Todoroki’s head. The Little scrunched up his nose, but allowed Midoriya to thoroughly soak his hair without complaint.

Momo kept Todoroki distracted with colorful bath toys, he especially loved the rubber ducks, while Midoriya took up the task of washing Todoroki’s hair. It wasn’t hard. He didn’t have curls or long hair, and he straight up melted into Midoriya’s fingers as the Caregiver tried to scrub the maple syrup from his hair.

Bathtime was a success, however, Momo was right. She and Midoriya were soaked. She grabbed towels and dried Todoroki off while Midoriya picked clothes. He came back and found his Little wrapped in an oversized towel, part of it draped over his head.

“Daddy!” He cheered, the towel dropping a bit. His hair was a mess, swirls of red and white that resembled a candy cane. His eyes shone as Midoriya kissed his forehead.

“Hello my little ice prince,” He said. “Let’s get you dressed. We’re going out today.”

He and Momo combined their efforts to get Todoroki into his clothes. Momo let him lean on her shoulders while Midoriya helped him into a pull-up and socks. Next came a pastel blue sweater that was a bit big in the sleeves. Todoroki seemed to enjoy waving his arms around in the sweater though. He leaned on Momo again as Midoriya helped him into overalls, cuffing the shorts and smiling.

He was lifted onto the counter so Midoriya could tie his shoes, pastel blue converse, and fix the part of his hair. He and Momo held out their hands and Todoroki took them and hopped down.

He kept hold of Midoriya’s hand and trailed behind him as they walked into the common room. Denki was on the couch already, kicking his feet and singing. He was wearing a tiger striped sweater and black knee-length shorts with his classic lightning bolt sneakers. Tokoyami was in a black shirt with looping silver font and a pair of black jeans.

“Should we get going?” Bakugou said, standing up. Kirishima stood and helped Denki up, offering a piggyback ride that Kaminari accepted with joy. Tokoyami walked, and Todoroki half walked, half shuffled.

Recovery Girl’s office was warm and inviting, pale lavender walls and soft lights. The only thing that clued the Littles in to the fact that they were in her office was the smell. The chemical smell mixed with vanilla made Todoroki squirm and try and back out of the office.

“Absolutely not,” Midoriya said, grabbing Todoroki’s wrist and pulling him back to his side. The Little whined and tugged on Midoriya’s hand.

“Daddy no,” Todoroki cried.

Midoriya reached around and gave Todoroki’s hand a light smack. “Shouto Todoroki, I said no,” he said, putting force behind his voice. “Try that again and you’ll get time in the corner.”

The Little stilled, staring down at the floor and shaking slightly.

Recovery Girl came over and smiled at them all. “Hello,” She said cheerfully. “Follow me please. We have an exam room specifically for Littles.”

The group followed the school nurse into a room decorated with nursery-like paints and exam equipment. There were chairs along one wall, each one padded with a different color. The exam table was a mattress set up high and covered with a sheet printed with cartoon medical equipment. The pillow had a cover that looked similar, solid white with a border of the same cartoon print.

The Caregivers, and Momo, were told to sit down with their Littles. Midoriya tried to get Todoroki to sit in his lap, but the Little was clinging to Momo, his face buried in her red sweater. She looked at Midoriya apologetically before murmuring words of comfort to Todoroki.

Tokoyami went first. Recovery Girl and a sweet student nurse did his physical, which went by without complaint. He cried out as he received his hormone shot, but watching Shoji go through the same thing two minutes before seemed to help. He hopped off the exam table and Shoji picked him up.

“Can we go now?” He asked, looking over at Recovery Girl. The school nurse nodded, filling in a box on Tokoyami’s paperwork.

Shoji left with Tokoyami, and Recovery Girl turned to the remaining six students. “Who’s next?” She said.

Midoriya stood up. “Todoroki?” He prompted the Little. Momo stood up, holding Todoroki.

“C’mon Sho,” she murmured, setting him down on the exam table. Todoroki whined and reached out when she pulled away, his eyes full of tears.

“No Aunty!” He wailed, wriggling off the table and rushing to Momo’s side. She sighed, carefully consoling him.

Eventually, Todoroki calmed down enough to sit back up on the exam table. Midoriya sat next to him, wrapping an arm around Todoroki’s waist to keep him from running off.

Thankfully, the student nurse seemed to know what to do. “Hey,” She said sweetly, coming over with a cart of medical tools. “How’re you?”

Todoroki squirmed, wriggling around to avoid her fingers. Midoriya groaned. “Todoroki!” He yelled. “I don’t know what’s gotten into you! Sit still!”

“No!” Todoroki tossed his hands over his head. “Don’t wanna!” He ducked his head between his legs and covered his neck.

Midoriya pulled back, his eyes wide. He’d seen this before. After nightmares. Todoroki had called it ‘emergency position’

“Baby I didn’t mean to scare you,” Midoriya murmured. “Come on Shouto, look at me please?”

Todoroki uncurled a bit, his eyes locking onto Midoriya’s. The Caregiver smiled. “C’mon baby, let’s go sit outside.”

He picked Todoroki up and carried him outside, watching Bakugou and Kirishima help Denki onto the exam table. Momo rushed out to join them, her eyebrows furrowed.

“Is he ok?” She asked as soon as the door was shut. Midoriya nodded. He had his arms around Todoroki, cradling the Little. Todoroki was sobbing, his hands grabbing at Midoriya’s shirt.

“It’s ok baby, I’m not mad,” Midoriya promised. “I could never be mad at you.”

Momo settled down next to Midoriya and pressed her hand into Todoroki’s arm. He flinched, snapping his head around to stare at her. As soon as he recognized her, he reached out, crawling into her lap while still staying securely in Midoriya’s grasp.

“think yelling reminded him of his father,” Momo said softly, running her fingers through Todoroki’s hair. “Be careful, please.”

Midoriya nodded. “I’m trying.”

Momo hummed softly, rocking back and forth. Midoriya recognized the tune, and apparently so did Todoroki. Test Drive from How to Train Your Dragon.

“I wasn’t kidding when I said it was his favorite,” she murmured when Midoriya raised an eyebrow. “Whenever his family came to my house for a charity event, we always snuck off to watch them. He’s got the basically the entire script memorized at this point. They’re comfort movies to him.”

Midoriya nodded. “Maybe we can use that,” he said.

They carried Todoroki back into the exam room carefully, setting him down on the bed. Denki was curled up against Kirishima, his thumb in his mouth. The Caregiver smiled and told Midoriya that the injection hadn’t been a fun experience for him.

Momo passed her phone over to Midoriya. “His favorite was the second one.”

The Dreamworks opening began to play and Todoroki immediately locked on. His eyes went wide and he stopped crying as the narration started.

“I’ll let you watch all of the movie if you let the very kind nurse lady to make sure you’re all healthy, ok?” Midoriya asked. Todoroki seemed hesitant, but at the prospect of finishing his movie, he nodded.

The student nurse was careful, working quickly and allowing breaks between rougher procedures. Recovery Girl stood on the side, writing things down and occasionally helping the student.

They had barely made it to the end of Valka’s introduction when Recovery Girl came over with the injections. This was the part that sacred Midoriya. He wasn’t too great with needles, and neither was Todoroki. The Little seemed to sense that something was wrong, because he looked up and stared at Midoriya.

“Was wrong Daddy?” He asked.

“Nothing baby, it’s just that Daddy is a bit scared of needles.” Midoriya reassured.

Todoroki smiled. “Is ok Daddy, I know you’re strong! Just smile, like All Might!”

Midoriya laughed. “I love you baby.”

“I loves you more.”

Midoriya poked Todoroki’s nose. “I love you most.”

Recovery Girl did Midoriya’s injection first. He held Todoroki’s hand and watched the movie with him, trying his hardest not to flinch.

The same went with Todoroki. He looked at the screen and at Midoriya’s request, relaxed his arms. He cried a bit, but was otherwise good throughout the process. Midoriya suspected it was the movie.

They all carried their Littles out of the office, happy to have the exam over. Todoroki rubbed his eyes and yawned as he walked, one hand held firmly in Midoriya’s.

“Is someone tired?” Midoriya asked.

“Nuh-uh.”

Bakugou raised an eyebrow. “I think it’s time for a N-A-P.”

Midoriya laughed. “I think you’re right.”

He got Todoroki settled in the nursery, asking him to pick pyjamas while Midoriya grabbed Toothless from the other room. As soon as he was back, Todoroki came bounding up with a bundle of blue clothes in his arms.

“These ones Daddy!” He said happily.

Midoriya set Toothless down on a bed and unfolded the PJs. Pale blue with a darker blue border, the two-piece PJ set was printed with adorable cartoon versions of the How to Train Your Dragon dragons.

“You really love this movie, dontcha?” Midoriya asked, smiling as he helped Todoroki into a new pull-up.

Todoroki nodded. “Yeah!” He said. “Is got dragons and vikings and really pretty pictures!” He paused to step into his pants. “I wanna be a dragon rider just like Hiccup,” he decided.

Midoriya tugged the shirt over Todoroki’s head. “Well, why doesn’t my little dragon rider crawl into bed and get some sleep. You’ll need all the strength you can get to fight the bad guys.”

--TBC