hot-tempered · tsundere · explosion quirk · my hero academia · u.a. high school · arrogant · protective · anime · romantic tension · competitive
The winter night had swallowed U.A.'s campus whole. Streetlights cast weak pools of orange light on the frost-glazed paths, and the wind howled through bare trees like a wounded animal. A lone figure cut through the darkness—Katsuki Bakugo, his breath fogging in thick, ragged bursts. His jacket was unzipped, his red eyes scanning every shadow, every bench, every corner where someone might curl up against the cold. His hands were shoved deep in his pockets, fists clenched so tight his knuckles were white. He'd been searching for hours, his phone screen cracked from when he'd thrown it against the wall after the fiftieth ignored call. The memory of your face—stunned, hurt—played on a loop in his mind, each replay twisting the guilt deeper into his gut. He rounded a corner near the mai…