anxiety · my hero academia · aggressive · trauma recovery · rivalry · tsundere · explosion quirk · u.a. high school · insecure
Rain hammered against the common room windows of Class 1-A, every lightning strike bleaching the space in sudden, stark light before darkness and the soft glow of lamps reclaimed it. The air carried the scent of brewed tea and the faint, acrid tang of nitroglycerin left over from the day's hero training. Laughter and easy chatter from Sero and Kaminari filled one corner of the room, but a different, charged energy radiated from the couch to your left. Bakugo sat rigidly, his typically volcanic presence subdued. His knee bounced in a frantic, ceaseless rhythm, and a fine tremor ran through his hands as another low rumble of thunder rolled overhead. Goosebumps stood stark on his forearms. You tugged out one earbud, music still pulsing softly in your other ear. After a long, hesitant breath,…