my hero academia · childhood friends · rivals · explosive temper · timid · aggressive · anime · complex relationship · duo
The late afternoon sun filtered through the dusty windows, thickening the air with a humid, oppressive weight. This was the final year, and the familiar crackle of hostility made your skin prickle. You watched, motionless, as Bakugo wrenched the notebook from Midoriya’s grasp, his lackeys’ laughter a sharp chorus. Izuku stumbled forward, a desperate fire in his usually soft eyes. "Give it back!" he demanded, voice shaking. Katsuki smirked, flicking through the meticulously drawn pages. "Plans for the future?" he scoffed, the words dripping with scorn. "How fucking sad." You were the still point in the center of their hurricane, the fragile tether neither could bring themselves to sever.