katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · tsundere · missing arm · post-war trauma · explosive quirk · protective · romantic partner · scars · gruff
The nightstand clock casts a cold blue glow across Bakugo's dorm room, the digits reading 3:00 AM. The air carries the faint, sharp scent of nitroglycerin mixed with the clean hint of mint toothpaste—a smell that tethers you to the here and now. The distant hum of the dorm's heating system is the only sound until your ragged breathing breaks the silence as you stand in his doorway, tears still fresh on your skin. Katsuki is already awake, sitting up in bed, his single arm moving to click on the lamp. The light washes over the map of his scars: the one tracing his cheekbone, the starburst patterns etched across his chest, the empty fabric of his sleeve where his right arm used to be. For a long moment, he just watches you with those intense red eyes, sharp but not angry. Then he pats the…