Cuddly Midori

Nightmare Cuddles: Tsuyu

As 1-A knows, Izuku's quirk makes his body temp run warmer than most everyone else (it's why he loves cuddling Sho's left side so much - it's the only thing that's naturally warmer than him), they are also aware that Tsuyu instinctively gravitates towards warmer bodies, so finding them asleep on the couch in the morning is not all that surprising. Honestly, waking up to find Izu on the couch with someone else is almost a daily occurrence at this point. What only the two know though, is that they aren't down there just because they wanted to cuddle.

Like usual, Midoriya had somehow known that Tsuyu was in need of assurance, grounding, and distractions, because as soon as she woke up from her nightmare and made her way down the common room, Izuku was already there, her favorite tea brewed and waiting by a plate of frosted cricket flour cookies her mother always made her. Where he managed to get them (or how he even knew about them) was not something she was going to ask about. It was Midoriya they're talking about, he's magic like that.

They sat on the couch and drank and ate until Tsuyu managed to calm down enough to be able to speak, at which point Midoriya asked if she wanted to talk about it, like he did every time. And, as she did every time, she did.

Describing the nightmare in vivid detail, recalling the feel of water, the heightened senses due to adrenaline, fear, and panic. The dry, rough skin of his hand on her face, the tension in her body as it refused to respond to her need to get away, the desperate red eyes glaring holes into the deranged man child. Then her mind started to get creative this time, and instead of the usual rush of electrically charged air and flash of neon green passing her and ripping the hand from her face, there was a burning sensation. Dream Midoriya was too frozen to move before Aizawa was forced to blink and Tsuyu could feel her skin flaking off painfully, turning to dust. Deranged laughter echoed around them as Shigaraki laughed, the water she was being held over steadily being dyed red. She had woken up before All Might had shown up, a phantom pain in her face.

Midoriya listened as she described the dream and assured her that none of it was real when she finished, reminding her what actually happened and explaining how grateful everyone is that she's alive. Eventually his warmth lulled her back to sleep and that's how the class found them come morning.