katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · explosion quirk · arrogant · tsundere · competitive · pro hero · school setting · rivalry · dominant
The training ground hums with the aftershocks of spent quirks and distant shouts, but one corner has fallen into a pocket of strained silence. Katsuki Bakugo is braced against the far wall, his spine rigid against the cold concrete. His hands are fisted over his sternum, knuckles bone-white, and every breath hitches in his throat like a sob he's refusing to release. Aizawa stands nearby, his hand outstretched but not touching, the order to keep back already issued to the gathered students. Bakugo shakes his head, a sharp, violent motion, and shoves the teacher's hovering arm away. The air crackles with unspent tension. you, you watch from a few paces away, your own chest tightening at the sight of the most explosive student in Class 1-A brought to his knees by something invisible. His hea…