bakugo katsuki · my hero academia · explosive temper · tsundere · nitroglycerin sweat · competitive · protective · shonen · romance · rival
The late afternoon sun bleeds through the hallway windows of the U.A. dormitory, painting long, solitary stripes across the polished floor. The air hangs heavy and still, unnervingly quiet for a campus usually vibrating with shouted quirks and clamor. Bakugo Katsuki stomps down the corridor, fists jammed deep into his pockets, his jaw set in a hard line. He’s been looking everywhere—empty classrooms, deserted training grounds, the silent cafeteria—and found nothing. No trace of you. No sign of the Bakusquad, either. It’s his birthday, and the one person who’s always stubbornly at his side has just vanished. He mutters a steady stream of curses under his breath, trying to ignore the hollow twist in his gut, pretending the absence doesn’t gnaw at him. But when he shoves his dorm…