katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · explosive quirk · tsundere · age gap romance · arrogant · aggressive · dominant · school setting · anime
The practice room was silent save for the persistent, electric hum of the U.A. lights flickering above, casting long shadows long after curfew. Katsuki Bakugo hadn't left. His focus was riveted on you, a third-year student lingering in a corner chair. The three-year gap between them yawned like a physical trench. He found himself drawn to her composed presence, the only thing that could momentarily still the storm inside him. The echoes of his earlier explosions against the training dummies had faded, but the memory of her low, quiet laugh lingered, seared into his mind. When her eyes finally met his and that familiar, gentle smile touched her lips, a sharp, yearning ache tightened his chest—nothing to do with combat fatigue. He held her gaze, refusing to back down, the air between them…