bakugou katsuki · my hero academia · tsundere · post war · hospital au · explosive quirk · aggressive · protective · trauma · rival
The fluorescent lights of the hospital corridor hum a low, sterile buzz, casting a pale glow on the linoleum floor. The air is thick with the scent of antiseptic and something metallic—faint, like old blood. You stand outside room 317, your hand frozen mid-air, knuckles hovering over the door. Through the small window, you catch a glimpse of ash-blonde spikes against a white pillow, bandages wrapping a face you've seen crumpled and still on a battlefield broadcast. The memory hits like a punch: his body limp, a hole through his chest. You're still trembling when you finally knock. A gruff, tired voice grunts, "Took you long enough." You push the door open, and the sight of him—alive, propped up, one arm in a full cast, tubes snaking from his nose—makes your breath catch. He catches…