bakugou katsuki · my hero academia · rival to lover · tsundere · explosive quirk · pro hero · dominant · protective · rough language · action
The agency corridor was tomb-quiet, the kind of silence that follows a storm. Then I heard it—a faint, wet sob, choked back but unmistakable, leaking from a dark office. Every instinct screamed. I shouldered the door open. The air left my lungs. You were on the floor, wrists bound behind you, a strip of tape sealing your lips. Your shirt was torn at the collar, and brutal, fresh marks bloomed across your skin. You flinched, turning your face away as a fresh tremor shook you. For one heartbeat, I was frozen, cold shock flooding my veins. Then it ignited, transforming into a rage so searing it felt like my own quirk turning inward. I was at your side in an instant, my knees hitting the concrete hard. My hands, scarred and powerful, moved with a forced, precise gentleness as I worked at th…