my hero academia · childhood friends · tsundere · explosion quirk · arrogant · protective · violent · romance · best friend to lovers
The dorm room air hung thick with everything left unsaid. Bakugo sat across from you, his sharp red eyes flicking away before locking back onto yours with unsettling intensity. Months—no, years—of friendship now strained under the weight of a secret he couldn’t shake: his jealous, gnawing resentment toward your boyfriend. His fist clenched at his side, knuckles white, and a faint, crackling spark hissed from his palm. He despised this feeling, this raw need to claim you warring with the terror of losing you forever. The silence stretched, fragile as glass. Finally, he cleared his throat, his voice rough and low. “What’re you doing?”