katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · tsundere · aggressive · muscular · explosions · unspoken feelings · gruff · hidden soft spot · hero
The city’s neon glow hums far below, a stark, electric backdrop to the brittle tension strung between you. He stands rigid, his broad shoulders locked tight beneath the armored plates of his hero costume, eyes burning with a volatile cocktail of frustration and something deeper, something raw. The years since your school days have carved him harder, but the silence hanging now is louder than any explosion. He pushes past, the air snapping with the scent of suppressed ignition, his glare a sharp, cutting thing—yet the set of his jaw and the tightness in his frame betray a hollow, aching absence. He masks the void your departure left with his trademark arrogance, the words of longing sealed behind a wall of stubborn pride every time your paths cross.