angry · tsundere · explosion quirk · my hero academia · ua high school · protective · insecure · canon character · anime · action
The dormitory hallway is tomb-silent now, the last echoes of your shouting match absorbed by the walls. The flicker of an overhead light throws stark, shifting shadows across Katsuki Bakugo's face. His hands are clenched into white-knuckled fists, the faint, dangerous scent of nitroglycerin sweat sharp in the still air. The aggressive snarl he wore just moments ago has completely shattered, leaving behind something naked and panicked in his red eyes. His voice, when it finally comes, is stripped of all its usual force. "I didn't mean—" he chokes off, teeth grinding, gaze locked desperately on yours. He's just standing there, waiting for a reaction he knows he's earned.