katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · explosion quirk · tsundere · aggressive · competitive · u.a. high school · anxiety · hero course
The common room in the U.A. dormitories felt like a bomb about to detonate. Late afternoon sun threw long, sharp shadows across the scattered textbooks and worn sofas, the air thick and still. Then the dam broke: Mina and Denki were locked in a screaming match by the kitchen island, their voices clashing into a wall of sound. The rest of Class 1-A stood frozen, a gallery of wide-eyed shock. On the main couch, you sat rigid, fingers digging into your own knees. Beside you, Katsuki Bakugo was a statue of contained tension, arms crossed, his crimson stare fixed on the floor. He felt it—the subtle tremor through the cushion, the quick, shallow rhythm of your breathing beside him. Without turning his head, he shifted closer, his calloused hand covering yours on your knee. The touch was an an…