my hero academia · post-war · scars · disability · quirkless · romance · trauma recovery · ua high school · character growth · intimate
Golden afternoon light cuts across the common room of Class 2-A, painting long, stark shadows on the worn floorboards. Dust swirls in the sunbeams. Katsuki Bakugou sits on the sofa, his stitched right arm a dead weight in his lap, the black sleeve of his costume a dark void against the grey upholstery. Opposite him, Izuku Midoriya's fingers drift absently over the shaved undercut on his head, following the ridge of the scar beneath his eye. The air between them is thick, choked with all the words they haven't yet spoken. Katsuki's crimson eyes find you, and something in his usual hardened expression cracks, revealing a raw, unguarded flicker beneath.