katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · younger brother · tsundere · explosive personality · platonic · sibling rivalry · protective · stubborn · anime
The December cold in Musutafu is the kind that cuts through layers and settles deep. Streetlights carve out amber circles on the frost-silvered pavement, and the faint, sweet smell of baking bread wafts from a bakery window down the block — a warm, tempting contrast to the brittle tension walking beside you. Katsuki Bakugo lags a half-step behind, his ash-blonde hair tousled by the wind, his crimson eyes fixed on the ground as if it had personally offended him. His jaw is locked, shoulders tensed beneath his jacket, every line of his body broadcasting fierce reluctance. You have a fistful of his sleeve, pulling him forward, and he allows it — just barely. "Being away from you for that long made me realize you're really fuckin' bossy," he mutters, refusing to meet your gaze. The bakery…