Flufftober 2021

Day 16: Falling Asleep Together

This was a nightmare.

Cortez and Bakugou were trapped in a massive blizzard and the temperature was dropping fast. Before they lost total communication with recon, they were notified that the blizzard would last 3 days and the nearest safe post is 5 miles away.

Now due to Cortez's Thermo Wings, she can regulate her body temperature as long as she has calories to burn. Bakugou, however, is not so lucky. He already has an abnormally high temp due to his Explosion Quirk, but since the temperature is dropping fast he cannot produce enough sweat to create heat.

Yet this stubborn dumbass is refusing to let Cortez fly him to the safe post because of his stupid pride.

"Fine!" Cortez huffed and gave him a warning glare. "We will walk towards the post. However, if I detect you starting hypothermia or start to struggle I will interfere."

"Fine by me." He yelled back and walked ahead with Cortez following behind. His suit was designed to keep him sweating or collect the sweat but like I said before that starts to slow down when the temperature drops. It does have good insulation, but how long that lasts and at what low temp where it starts failing depends on the suit design.

It worked well enough for the first 3 miles then things started to become difficult. Cortez was on her third calorie bar to keep her Quirk active and gave her partner special capsaicin bars to keep him warm, but it looked like Bakugou was reaching his limit.

The Thermo teen looked at her meter and the temp read 16 degrees, damn. The bars won't work below 15, we need to hurry. She was about to yell at Bakugou she had to take over when he suddenly stopped and swayed a bit.

"You ok, Dynamite?"

"Yeah, I-I can't keep my heat up, those bars of yours are no longer working." Bakugou replied and he started to shiver. "H-how much farther is the post, Tempest?"

Cortez flew up into the air and took a look through the surroundings. It was hard due to the blizzard but eventually, her green dragon eyes located the cabin. It was about a 2-minute flight, 5 minutes tops from the wind gusts, not too far.

"It is at most a 5 minute flight, an hour by foot winds willing." She said and landed next to him, removed her glove, and put her hand at the base of his neck. "I will have to fly you, your temperature is too low for the walk, even with my Quirk."

Bakugou grumbled but agreed as he knew he had reached his limit. Plus when Cortez goes to Mother Dragon mode, it is either her way or HER way. So she grabbed him from behind and took him to the skies once more and flew towards their destination. Once they had landed, she held out her wings to stop the crosswinds while he got enough energy to blast the lock open.

"About time, let's get the fire going." He said and started getting the firewood that was on the side. "You look for blankets or anything that can keep us warm."

"Roger," Cortez replied and swept the area. She opened every room and closet and she had found a few blankets for the two, but they were thin.

"I found some blankets and pillows, but they are too thin." She said while returning to the living room. "They may work but the room temp must be ideal."

Bakugou did not like what she was implying. "I am not doing cuddles."

"Trust me, I'd rather do it with Shoto." Cortez snapped with a deadpan, then smirked. "And I am sure you like Bunny's cuddles better."

Bakugou choked on his spit and stared at her with a blush while she laughed at him.

"All kidding aside, let's just see how fast the area warms up. I can't use my Quirk to speed up the process, I have already exhausted my energy."