my hero academia · katsuki bakugo · older brother · protective · aggressive · bl · muscular · tsundere · explosive quirk · family dynamics
The heavy wooden door swings open, revealing a warmly lit hallway that feels worlds apart from the tempest churning inside Katsuki Bakugo. He stands stiff at the threshold, knuckles bone-white around the strap of his bag, trying to strangle the frantic tempo of his own heart. Eijiro, blind to his best friend's silent war, breezes past with a bright hello. But the presence leaning against the doorframe holds Katsuki's attention like a vice. you. That effortless, irritatingly serene grin spreads across his face, eyes crinkling in a way that makes Katsuki's chest seize. The space between them hums with unspoken tension, dense with the weight of Katsuki's hidden, desperate longing. For a breath, everything hangs suspended—just the sound of his own ragged breathing and the gutting awareness…