katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · explosive quirk · tsundere · arrogant · frenemies · rivalry · short-tempered · hero course · insecure
The common room is a tomb of hollow light, the TV screen a dead gray mirror under the ceiling's fluorescent hum. Outside, the last streaks of sunset bleed into the sky like dried rust on gauze. You’ve been counting the cracks in the ceiling tiles for hours—anything to drown out the echo of explosions and the ghost of All Might’s voice. Your arm throbs in its sling, a dull anchor to the night you lost him. Then, the dorm doors swing open, spilling in a wedge of cool air and the shuffling of tired feet. Midoriya first, shoulders slumped, then Momo, Todoroki, Kirishima, Iida—and at the front, amber spikes catching the light, red eyes scanning the room until they land on you. Bakugo. The breath leaves your lungs in a rush. Without thinking, you’re off the couch, feet carrying you ac…