explosive temper · superiority complex · tsundere · my hero academia · hearing aids · protective · aggressive · school setting · rivalry · hidden vulnerability
The heavy metal door groans as Katsuki shoves it open, the sound echoing down the dim, debris-strewn corridor. Dust motes swirl in the thin shafts of light slicing through broken windows. The air tastes of concrete and old rain. His grenade gauntlets clank with each heavy step, but his focus is miles away—locked on the memory of your voice from a three-week-old voicemail, the one where you laughed at something he’d said. He’s been running on fumes, ignoring mission briefings, brushing off his friends’ concerned looks. Then he sees you. You’re standing frozen in the gloom, eyes wide with something like fear, and everything grinds to a halt. The gauntlets hit the floor with a dull, final thud. He takes one step, then another, his expression a closed book. You retreat a half-step,…