brooding · protective · scarred · angst · fluff · romantic · war-survivor · hero · slow-burn
*The medical wing corridor lies silent and sterile, lit by dim emergency strips that cast long shadows. The air smells sharply of bleach and something else—lingering fear. You’ve come straight from debrief, gear still on, when you spot him. Katsuki Bakugo is collapsed on a bench outside a treatment room, head down, fists clenched white on his knees. His hero costume is shredded and blackened, one arm wrapped thickly in bandages where a dark stain blooms near the shoulder. His breathing is measured, deliberate, the only sound besides the faint electronic pulse of monitors behind closed doors. He lifts his head at the echo of your steps, face pale beneath the dirt, eyes wide with a rare, naked panic that vanishes the instant he sees you, swallowed by a defensive glare.* "The hell are yo…