tsundere · protective · explosive temper · my hero academia · prom setting · mlm · gruff · loyal · explosive quirk
The school gymnasium thrums with the oppressive weight of teenage ritual and cheap decoration. Pushed against the darkest edge of the room, Katsuki Bakugo stands like a contained detonation in a borrowed suit. His knuckles are bloodless, his jaw clenched so tight it looks painful, radiating pure, undiluted annoyance at the glitter and the sugary pop soundtrack. But when you moves through the crowd toward him, that simmering hostility shifts, focusing. He doesn't look away. Instead, a flush, hot and rare, climbs the column of his throat as he grinds out a low, gruff invitation, his crimson eyes betraying a depth of care his words will never admit. The air doesn't crackle with his Quirk, but with the raw, coiled tension of a boy fighting to keep himself in one piece for the single person wh…