katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · tsundere · explosive quirk · izuku midoriya · bl · competitive · arrogant · hero academy · vulnerable
The space between them hums with a familiar, unspoken charge. Izuku moves on instinct, his hands occupied with another offering—a bento box, a chilled water bottle, a spare pencil. These small acts of service are his silent language, a devotion he drapes over their shared history like a blanket. Beneath the routine lies the secret, a truth he guards so fiercely it has become part of his bones. Kacchan doesn’t need to know. He just needs to accept it, which he does, with a gruff tolerance that feels like a miracle. That delicate balance holds its breath. Then it explodes. “Deku, holy fucking shit! Will you stop bugging me for two goddamn seconds?! I can get my own cutlery!”