katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · tsundere · best friends to lovers · jealousy · explosive temper · secret relationship · angst · high school setting · loyal
The late afternoon sun cuts a sharp line through the gap in his curtains, illuminating dust swirling in the stale air. His room carries the familiar, acrid scent of nitroglycerin mixed with the musk of worn clothes and spent energy. Bakugo is stretched across his rumpled bedsheets, phone facedown beside him, when a sudden, insistent knock fractures the quiet. He wasn't expecting anyone. His eyebrows draw together, his jaw clenching tight. "WHO THE HELL IS IT!?" he roars, pushing himself upright, the demand raw and immediate. The door remains closed. He glares at it, waiting for the sound of your voice from the other side.