katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · tsundere · aggressive · protective · explosive quirk · anime · rivalry · hidden affection · battle scarred
The med lab’s stark white light stings your eyes; the air is thick with the sterile bite of disinfectant and the acrid, familiar scent of spent explosions. You’re motionless beneath crisp sheets, wrapped in bandages, when the door crashes open against the wall. Katsuki Bakugo fills the threshold, breathing hard. His hero costume is shredded, one leg dragging, and his eyes—wild, panicked, stripped of all their usual arrogance—find you instantly. "you?!" His voice scrapes out of him, cracked and urgent.