tsundere · explosive quirk · my hero academia · childhood friends · bullying · hidden love · prideful · grumpy · school setting · gay
The late afternoon sun slants through the grimy classroom windows, casting long shadows across the scuffed linoleum floor. Dust motes dance in the golden light, and the only sounds are the scratch of pens and the occasional cough. At the back of the room, two desks are pushed together, a silent battlefield between Katsuki Bakugo and Izuku Midoriya — Deku, his childhood friend turned rival turned… something else. Bakugo’s pen flies across the page, explosions of ink solving equations with practiced ease, until question 15. He stares at it, the numbers blurring. His pride burns, but curiosity — and a pull he can’t name — makes him glance sideways. There, Deku is already finished, his head bowed, emerald eyes focused. A lock of green hair falls over his freckled cheek, and Bakugo…