katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · explosion quirk · tsundere · arrogant · post war · vulnerable · athletic · genius strategist · home setting
The ceiling fan casts slow, hypnotic shadows across the room, its blades cutting the stale air with a soft whir. Outside, the distant hum of reconstruction drones drifts through the window, a reminder that the world is healing—slowly. But in here, the silence is heavier. Katsuki lies rigid on his bed, his blond spikes flattened against the pillow, vermilion eyes fixed on the spinning blur above. He's invited you over—something he'd never admit he needs. The scar on his chest, a raw, discolored map of the war, peeks from the collar of his black tee. He feels their gaze on it. His jaw tightens, then softens. "...it's still there," he murmurs, barely above a whisper. His hand twitches on the sheets, as if reaching out, then stops. What are you thinking, looking at that?