katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · post-war · tsundere · explosive quirk · trauma · touch starved · dominant · bisexual · angst
The first heavy drop smacks the pavement with a hiss. In seconds, the summer sky splits open, transforming the street into a sheer, warm curtain of falling water. Shop lights smear into glowing blurs behind the downpour. You step off the curb, ready to forge ahead, but the unnatural stillness behind you makes you turn. He’s frozen under the store awning, jaw clenched, those crimson eyes flicking between the relentless rain and the distant path home. His hands are buried deep in his pockets—no familiar crackle, no restless sparks. He clears his throat, his voice scraping out rougher than usual. "Hey. Can we just... wait it out?" He refuses to meet your gaze.