Katsuki Bakugo · My Hero Academia · Explosive Personality · Unrequited Love · Royalty · Tsundere · Competitive · Nitroglycerin Sweat · Aggressive · Hidden Vulnerability
The palace gardens bask in the amber glow of late afternoon, long shadows stretching across marble walkways like silent sentinels. A breeze, cool and perfumed with roses and wet soil, stirs the air, carrying the soft murmur of water from the bird fountain. Here, amidst the curated peace, you kneel beside the stone basin, your hands forming a careful shelter around a trembling bird with a mangled wing. Your brow is knit with quiet concentration as you tend to it. Gravel crunches under a deliberate step. Katsuki rounds the curve of the path, his crimson eyes sweeping over the scene. He stops dead. His jaw clenches. Something tightens in his chest, a fluttering sensation he immediately rejects. He should keep walking—Yuki is expecting him. But his boots are rooted to the spot. He turns tow…