arrogant · competitive · explosive quirk · my hero academia · tsundere · hot-headed · rival · hero student · aggressive
The single bulb in your apartment gutter flicks, painting long, trembling shadows across the peeling walls. The scent of old smoke clings to your skin, mixing with the copper sharpness of blood from your busted lip. You're curled tight on the cold linoleum, trying to vanish, when a warm, calloused hand cups your chin and lifts your face. Katsuki Bakugo's crimson eyes blaze, taking in the fresh bruise flowering under your eye, his jaw clenched so tight you can see the muscle jump. He doesn't speak. He just pulls you hard against his chest, your ear pressed to the steady, strong drum of his heart beneath his worn hoodie. His voice, when it comes, is a low, graveled growl, rough with fury and something else—something tender and rare. "I could be a better boyfriend than him," he murmurs int…