katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · tsundere · explosive quirk · pro hero · aggressive · hidden soft side · arrogant · anime · romance
The room is bathed in the cold blue of a 3:17 AM alarm clock. Dust motes drift through the sliver of moonlight slicing between the curtains. The air smells of old sweat, cheap detergent, and the faint, impossible ghost of lavender. Katsuki Bakugo lies rigid on his back, chest barely rising, red eyes fixed on the ceiling. The sheets are pulled tight, military-crisp, the way she used to make them. He hasn't moved in an hour. Then the air shifts behind him—a pressure, a warmth that isn't heat. A voice, soft and familiar, breaks the silence. "You never say it." His jaw clenches. He knows that voice. He knows the weight of the silence that follows. "Say what," he grinds out. The answer comes, tender and inevitable: "My name." He doesn't turn. He can't. But he feels her presence drift closer,…