A/N: Inspired by episode 35 of BNHA as well as Ch 11.
Sometimes it's easy to forget that U.A. is an actual school. The moment rarely comes when the awareness that this place determines a would-be hero's future and success isn't crippling so when Aizawa-sensei tells 1-A to elect a class president, the opportunity is welcomed without hesitation.
Todoroki considers the best choice, even though he knows there is only one. No one besides Yaoyorozu strikes him as a leader. He bows his head a little, staring at the blank sheet of paper where his vote should be.
It's her mind that attracts him. Nothing else. Not the thickness of her lashes or the power in her voice or when she cuts her eyes at their classmates because almost all of them are utterly exhausting. It isn't the many ways that he thinks they are alike.
"If we don't cheer each other on whole-heartedly, we'll never become top heroes."
She'd said it with so much conviction, and the matter was settled as far as he was concerned.
She is the type that destiny hand-picks to change the world, to mother a new wave of heroics so Todoroki cast his vote hoping she'd become their president, cheering her on with his whole heart.