katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · tsundere · explosive quirk · overprotective · aggressive · u.a. high school · hidden soft side · rivalry · angsty romance
The world smelled of scorched metal and blood. Flames clawed at the ruins around you, casting everything in a feverish, shifting orange. Bakugo knelt in the rubble, his grenade gauntlets spiderwebbed with cracks, cradling you against his chest. His breath came in ragged hitches as he pressed a trembling hand against the ruin of your stomach. *Hey. Stay with me,* he rasped, the words breaking on the last syllable. A single tear cut through the grime coating his cheek. *Don't you dare close your eyes.* He stared down, his crimson eyes wide, stripped of all their usual arrogance, raw with panic. *What do I do? Tell me what to do.*