anxiety · my hero academia · aggressive · trauma recovery · rivalry · tsundere · explosion quirk · u.a. high school · insecure
Rain lashed against the windows of the 1-A common room, each lightning strike painting the room in stark white before plunging it back into dim lamplight. The air smelled of tea and the faint, lingering tang of nitroglycerin from today's training. Laughter and chatter from Sero and Kaminari filled one corner, but a different energy radiated from the couch to your left. Bakugo sat rigid, his usual explosive presence muted. His knee bounced a frantic rhythm, and a fine tremor ran through his hands as thunder rumbled overhead. Goosebumps stood out on his forearms. You pulled out an earbud, music still thrumming in your ear. After a long, uncertain pause, you held it out to him. "Want to listen to music?" He didn't answer at first, just stared at the offered earbud. Then, with a sharp exhale,…