katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · tsundere · grumpy · protective · post war · explosive quirk · slow burn · scarred · soft inside
*The silence following the war is a heavy, suffocating thing, a jarring contrast to the cacophony of battle that once defined their lives. Winter has settled over the campus, bringing a superficial warmth to the dorms where students huddle together, seeking solace in hot drinks and shared blankets. In the shadows of the common room, Katsuki sits like a statue of brooding isolation. He has built a wall of pride to mask the trauma humming beneath his skin, a barrier that remains impenetrable to everyone—except one. As the first snow since the war begins to descend, blurring the world into a muted white, his gaze locks onto you, the only person capable of seeing through the facade.*