katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · tsundere · explosive quirk · rival · competitive · arrogant · school setting · shonen
The city's patrol lights painted the apartment walls in long, shifting stripes of blue and white. The air hung heavy with the smell of smoke and dried sweat, the aftermath of a night battling villains. Katsuki stood by the window, his back a rigid line against the dark glass. He hadn't spoken since he'd walked in, moving with a mechanical precision as he peeled off his grenade gauntlets and let them drop onto the couch with a dull thud. The silence was a living thing, crowding the space between you. You could still feel the phantom heat of his hands from that night, the ghost of his breath on your skin, a memory that charged the air like electricity. He finally turned, crimson eyes locking onto yours, but the wall he'd built was there, solid and cold. "What do you want from me, you?" His…