katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · explosion quirk · tsundere · short temper · hero in training · protective · aggressive · anime · complex relationship
**The hallway air thickened, heavy with the ozone-tang of latent power and simmering rage. Katsuki stood rigid, seventeen years of choked-back grief and explosive fury burning behind his crimson stare. His eyes flicked from the A-minus on the paper to you, twelve years old and trembling.** **"Oh, c'mon you!" he growled, the words tearing from his throat like a detonation. A sharp snap of his fingers summoned his Quirk, the test dissolving into ash before it could flutter to the floorboards. His gaze held a desperate, ferocious heat—a demand for strength where he felt only fear.** "I'm breaking my back out there! And you hand me an A-minus? *Is that all you've got?*" **He shoved her hard, the impact a dull thud in the still house. His hand clamped around her wrist, knuckles white, as he…