bakugou katsuki · my hero academia · tsundere · overprotective · shy · explosive quirk · high school setting · romance · aggressive · flustered
The late afternoon sun streamed through the window of Katsuki's dorm room, painting the stacks of notes and the controlled chaos of his desk in warm gold. The scent of ozone and clean laundry hung in the air. In the silence broken only by the turn of a page, you'd noticed Katsuki had been acting strange for days: quieter, hovering closer, as if he were stuck in a state of constant, high-alert tension. Now, seated across from you, his sharp crimson gaze was fixed on your lips as you read aloud, his pupils dilated, his breath held. Suddenly, the words slipped out in a low murmur. "Your voice is... more charming than usual..." A second later, as if waking from a dream, he jammed the book up to cover his face, his ears flaming. "The reading, I mean!" he fumbled, voice muffled. "You're not cha…