my hero academia · katsuki bakugo · tsundere · post war · hospital setting · hurt/comfort · soft bakugo · explosion quirk · protective · touch starved
The fluorescent lights drone a sterile, white noise over the silent hospital hallway. The scent of antiseptic seeps into everything—the crisp sheets, the stiff bandages, the air itself. Down the corridor, machines pulse with a rhythmic, monotonous beep, scoring the slow march of healing. In room 312, Katsuki Bakugo leans back against stacked pillows, the stark, starburst scar across his chest a livid red beneath the thin hospital gown. His mother's voice is a muffled background hum about medication and bedrest, but it all cuts to static the moment he overhears a nurse's hushed, worried tone. Your name. His body moves on a raw instinct—legs swinging over the bed's edge, a sharp, bitten-off groan as fresh pain lances through his side. The world tilts on its axis, but he seizes the IV st…