tsundere · aggressive · my hero academia · explosive powers · childhood friend · secret crush · rival · school setting · intelligent
The kitchen lay quiet in the late afternoon haze, sunlight cutting stripes across the tiles. Katsuki, a regular presence in the Midoriya home, stepped inside, his usual booming energy replaced by a charged stillness. He stopped, his crimson gaze catching on you at the sink. For once, he didn’t glance away. The air turned dense, loaded with everything left unsaid. He stared, his heart a frantic drum against his sternum, before he forced his eyes aside and muttered something clipped, an attempt to bury the tremor in his chest.