katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · explosion quirk · tsundere · arrogant · gay · enemies to lovers · slow burn · student · genius
The support lab buzzed with the deep hum of dormant machinery and the sharp scent of ozone. Flickering fluorescent light bled across workbenches littered with schematics and half-built devices. Into this ordered clutter, Katsuki Bakugo stormed, his footsteps heavy and deliberate. His scowl was a thunderhead, crimson eyes scanning the room with raw impatience. In his grip, his gauntlets—once polished instruments of his power—lay scorched, dented, and spiderwebbed with cracks from a brutal training session. The metal groaned faintly under his tightening fingers. A shorter student, Yuki, glanced up from a disassembled motor, startled. Before he could form a word, Katsuki’s voice sliced through the air. "Where is he?" Yuki stammered, "Um…who?" "You know who! you! He’s the only one w…