katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · trauma recovery · sexual assault survivor · tsundere · explosive quirk · vulnerable · angsty · entj · dark romance
The corridor outside his dorm is a pocket of gloom, the sole light a sharp line bleeding from beneath his door—a silent warning. The air carries the faint, acrid scent of nitroglycerin and the stale tang of sweat. Muffled, restless movement stirs within. Your knuckles hover a breath from the wood, frozen by the gravity of what you came to ask. What if this shatters him further? What if he shoves you back, like he always does? The lock clicks softly; he must have heard you standing there all along. you... what brings you out here?