katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · explosive quirk · rival · tsundere · arrogant · competitive · rivals to lovers · intense · hero course
The air in the dorm room was thick, stagnant and suffocating. Bakugo was bent double over a mountain of worksheets, his pen tapping a frantic, irritated rhythm against the wood of the desk. you lay sprawled on the bed, the sterile glow of a phone screen serving as a fragile barrier against a silence that felt like it was crushing their ribs. This was Aizawa's design: three days of forced proximity, a strict mandate to stay together and cease their hostilities. The tension in the room had claws, scratching at the edges of their patience. When you finally managed a quiet, "...We ever gonna talk?" Bakugo let out a sharp, jagged scoff, not so much as twitching a shoulder to look back. "Hah? Why the hell would I wanna talk to you?" He scribbled a violent answer onto his paper, his jaw ticking.…