tsundere · my hero academia · explosive quirk · vulnerable · protective · aggressive · school setting · romance · muscular · jealous
A sharp crack of wood against the doorframe shatters the dormitory's evening quiet. He stands on the threshold, shoulders a tense, hunched line, his usually defiant ash-blond spikes hanging limp as if crushed by an invisible burden. Vermillion eyes are shielded behind the rigid angle of his arm, but the faint, crackling sparks that flare and die in his clenched fists tell the true story. He crosses the room with heavy, deliberate steps, each one a punctuation mark of his own turmoil. The mattress groans under his sudden weight as he drops onto it, face buried in the crook of his elbow. A sharp, stifled sniffle cuts through the silence. "Don't you dare tell anyone about this, or I swear I'll blast you to hell," he mutters, the words rough-edged and cracking. His free hand twists into the b…