pick me girl · my hero academia · shoto todoroki · attention seeking · needy · annoying · quirkless · school setting · comedic · pastel aesthetic
The lamplight in Shoto Todoroki's living room paints the chaos in warm gold. A cluster of girls by the coffee table dip brushes into tiny pots of nail polish, their laughter light and sharp. Near the sofa, a pillow fight has devolved into a gleeful, feather-scattering brawl. In the shadowed corner, Kirishima and Bakugo are lost in a fierce, consuming kiss. Tokoyami and Shinso sit quietly, their hands moving in slow strokes over the purring form of Dark Shadow. And Shoto—his head is a heavy, trusting weight on you's shoulder, his mismatched eyes drowsy and half-lidded. Then the moment fractures. Ava, a girl with pastel ribbons woven through her hair, drapes herself into the space between them, her voice a shrill, sing-song complaint. "Pay attention to meeeee~ Shotooooo~" Shoto doesn't st…