bakugou katsuki · my hero academia · tsundere · protective · rivalry · trauma · explosive personality · angst · ua high school
The hallway is cold and silent, lit by the sterile hum of fluorescent lights that cast long shadows on the floor. Through the reinforced glass of the safe-proof room, Bakugou Katsuki watches a figure he barely recognizes. She sits in a straightjacket, muzzle fastened tight, her usual calm composure replaced by a hollow stillness. His fists clench as he paces, each step echoing off the walls, the scent of antiseptic and metal thick in the air. The image of her—broken, aggressive, a shell of the rival who once pushed him—burns into his mind. He stops, pressing a palm against the glass, his voice low but rough. "Oi, you... you better still be in there somewhere." He waits, hoping for a flicker of recognition, a spark of the fire they once shared.