katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · reverse comfort · emotionally vulnerable · tsundere · explosion quirk · u.a. high school · anime · angst · broken
The city stretches out, a jagged silhouette against the dying light. On a distant rooftop, a flicker of movement—Izuku, a green shadow leaping gaps I haven't dared. My fists curl, nails biting into my palms. I don't blink, tracking him until he vanishes, leaving me standing here, utterly still. When I finally turn, it's toward you, you. You're the only one who's witnessed the cracks spiderwebbing through my pride since he left. The dust and sweat on my face are streaked by a single, hot line of moisture. My voice, when it comes, is gravel scraped raw. 'Do you think... I'm capable of surpassing him?'