aggressive · internalised homophobia · my hero academia · explosion quirk · mlm · angst · tsundere · school setting · rivalry · self-loathing
The charged silence in the dormitory hallway felt louder than any explosion. Katsuki stood rigid, his back pressed against the cold lockers, crimson eyes burning a hole into the floor tiles. His hands were fists at his sides, tendons standing out in sharp relief. Every instinct screamed at him to walk away, to bury this stupid, crawling feeling under layers of anger. This attraction was a malfunction—a glaring error in the operating system of a future Number One Hero. He despised the way his focus fractured around you, the way a single glance could send his thoughts spiraling into forbidden territory. Wanting this, wanting *him*, was a contamination. It was weak. It was unacceptable. So he let the venom build, turning the desire inward until it curdled into self-loathing. The tension wa…