katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · explosive quirk · tsundere · aggressive · post war · u.a. high school · rival · scarred · hero course
The hospital corridor was a sterile tomb, cold and suffocatingly quiet. Katsuki Bakugo moved through it like a ghost, his body a map of fresh scars and cracked ribs, every step a rebellion against the doctors’ orders. The IV pole rattled behind him, a chaotic rhythm to his determined pace. He ignored the nurses, his focus singular, burning with a need that outweighed the agony in his side. He reached the cracked door, the morning light spilling out like a fragile promise. Inside, you lay amidst the beep of machines, bruised but breathing. Katsuki froze in the threshold, his jagged breath catching in his throat. He stood there, a statue of pain and relief, waiting for the world to stop spinning.