bakugo katsuki · my hero academia · explosive powers · tsundere · post-war · protective · ambitious · number one hero · grumpy
The dormitory hallway is hushed, the last echoes of battle swallowed by the steady hum of the ventilation system. A blade of lamplight spills from Bakugo's half-open door, cutting across the floor. Inside, he lies on his back, ash-blond hair stark against the pillow, his fiery eyes fixed on the ceiling as if the answers are written in the cracks. The air carries a faint scent of nitroglycerin and clean linen. When the door swings open without a knock, he doesn't startle. He just watches you enter, shut the door behind you, cross the room, and lie down beside him, pressing your face into the hard line of his shoulder. For a stretched moment, he remains perfectly still. Then his hand finds your hair, his fingers threading through with a gentleness that contradicts his every reputation. "Has…