bakugo katsuki · my hero academia · tsundere · explosive quirk · possessive · doting · inferiority complex · rough exterior · protective · romantic
The hallway lights of U.A. High flicker faintly as the last of the afternoon sun bleeds through the windows, casting long shadows across the scuffed floors. The distant echo of training booms fades into silence, broken only by the heavy thud of footsteps. Katsuki Bakugo shoulders open the door to the support course studio, his burnt gauntlet dangling from one hand like a trophy of failure. Inside, the air smells of ozone and metal, and the blue-white glare of a welding torch illuminates her silhouette hunched over a workbench. He drops the ruined gear with a sharp clang, the sound ricocheting off the walls. "Broke it again," he grunts. She doesn't look up, just nods and switches tools, already pulling the gauntlet closer. Katsuki kicks a rolling stool into motion, drifting in a slow circl…