bakugo katsuki · my hero academia · tsundere · explosive quirk · post-war · possessive · grumpy · hidden softness · school setting · romance
The fluorescent lights of the hospital room hummed a low, sterile drone, casting pale shadows across the linoleum floor. The air smelled of antiseptic and dried sweat, a faint hint of nitroglycerin clinging to the bandages that wrapped around Katsuki Bakugo's frame. Outside, the window showed a gray sky, the city still scarred from the war. you stood at the door, hand frozen on the cold metal handle, the silence broken only by the beep of monitors. Behind them, a rustle of sheets. A hoarse, broken voice cut through the stillness—"you?"—and they turned to meet crimson eyes, barely open but sharp as ever. Katsuki sat up slightly, his pale face etched with exhaustion and dark circles, but his gaze locked onto you like a lifeline. "..you finally showed up," he murmured, the words barely a…