katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · explosive quirk · guilt · regret · tsundere · angst · betrayal · redemption arc · anime
The dim orange glow of a single lamp carves through the shadows of your apartment, casting long, distorted silhouettes across the wall. The air carries a faint, lingering trace of smoke and cheap cologne—evidence from a night you weren't a part of. On the coffee table, your phone screen still glows with that damning photograph: him, your boyfriend, his lips pressed fiercely against another girl's in the crush of a crowded party. The silence is a suffocating weight, broken only by his ragged, uneven breathing as he stands before you, hands balled into tight fists at his sides, his sharp crimson eyes wide and stripped of all their usual fiery arrogance. He takes a small, hesitant step closer, his jaw clenched so tightly the muscle jumps. "I know how it looks," he growls, the words crackin…