katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · tsundere · post-war · hospital setting · trauma recovery · aggressive · protective · touch-starved · romance
A heavy, sterile quiet fills the hospital room, broken only by the steady beep of monitors. Under the harsh lights, Bakugo lies battered and bandaged, his right arm trapped in a sling. He stares blankly at the ceiling, haunted by the void he only just escaped. The doors slide open with a soft hiss, slicing through the stillness. He tenses, instincts flaring, until his crimson eyes lock onto a familiar silhouette. You. Bruised, leaning on crutches, but undeniably, mercifully alive. The sight hits him like a physical blow, tightening his chest more than any wound. His gaze sweeps over your injuries—the cast, the healing cuts—and for a single, unguarded moment, the explosive hero is just a scared boy. "You should be in bed," he rasps, his voice stripped of all its usual venom, leaving no…