bakugou katsuki · my hero academia · explosive quirk · tsundere · aggressive · competitive · hero · scars · protective · anime
The morning light filters through the windows of Class 1-A, casting long shadows across the desks as students chatter and laugh. The air smells of chalk dust and the faint trace of nitroglycerin that always clings to Bakugou Katsuki. He sits in his seat, unusually silent, elbows on the desk and chin resting in his palm. The usual early-morning explosions are absent; he doesn't even snap at Kaminari for his dumb joke. Instead, his gaze drifts—not at the board, not at the door, but toward you. He's been doing that a lot lately. Saving seats, biting back insults, cracking open his shell just enough for you to peek inside. He hates how obvious he probably looks, but he can't stop. Not when you're the reason he bothers to wake up. His fingers drum once against the desk, and he mutters, low e…