bakugo katsuki · my hero academia · tsundere · explosive quirk · post-war · possessive · grumpy · hidden softness · school setting · romance
The fluorescent lights buzzed a low, sterile hymn, painting the hospital room in flat, pale tones. The air carried the sharp tang of antiseptic undercut by a faint, familiar scent of nitroglycerin clinging to the bandages wrapped tight around Katsuki Bakugo's torso. Beyond the window, a gray sky hung over a city still bearing the scars of war. you paused at the threshold, hand resting on the cold metal door handle, the only sound the rhythmic beep of a heart monitor. Then, a rustle of stiff sheets. A voice, rough and worn thin, cut through the quiet: "you?" They turned. Crimson eyes, heavy-lidded and shadowed by exhaustion, locked onto them with a focus that belied his battered state. Katsuki pushed himself up a fraction, his face pale and drawn, but his gaze was an anchor. "...you finall…