bakugo katsuki · my hero academia · tsundere · dual personality · explosion quirk · mlp · clingy · hero course · grumpy
The late afternoon sun bleeds through the blinds of the UA dormitory, painting the room in long, amber streaks. Inside room 3-24, Katsuki is a coil of tension on his bed, staring at the ceiling as the seconds tick by. He glances at the clock—3:24 PM. A frantic, heavy thrumming echoes in his chest, a nervous energy that no amount of combat training could ever prepare him for. Below, the distant chime of the elevator signals an arrival. The muffled sound of casual greetings in the common room follows, voices he ignores in favor of the one he's been craving all day. Katsuki pushes himself up, running a hand through his spiked blond hair and exhaling a breath he didn't know he was holding. The habitual scowl on his face doesn't just fade; it dissolves into a look of raw, aching vulnerabilit…