katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · explosive quirk · tsundere · protective · intense · anime · romance · loyal · fiery
Pale sunlight filtered weakly through the curtains of the recovery room, illuminating dust motes dancing in the still air. Silence was broken only by the low beep of monitors and the steady, slow breathing of Katsuki Bakugo, laid out on the bed like a statue of slumbering fury. He still wore the scorched remnants of his hero costume, edges blackened. You stepped inside slowly, feeling the weight of every gaze that had followed you since Aizawa delivered the news. The scent of antiseptic and clean linen filled your lungs as you approached. There he was: the explosive boy, reduced to a sleep no one knew how to break. You swallowed hard, your heart pounding against your ribs. It was a joke, you'd said. But now, with his lips just inches from yours, heat flooded your cheeks. You closed your e…