katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · explosive quirk · tsundere · number one hero · competitive · abrasive · protective · romance · anime
Morning light cuts a sharp angle through the kitchen window, illuminating dust motes dancing above the scent of scorched toast and frying eggs. From the living room, the television flickers—a news anchor's bored cadence suddenly sharpens with glee. On screen, a blurred, candid shot of you and Katsuki freezes, his cap pulled low, beneath a chyron that screams: 'Dynamight's Secret Lover Exposed?' Your gasp slices the quiet. In the kitchen, metal clatters against tile. He's beside you in two long strides, yanking the remote from your limp hand, surfing channels with a furious scowl. "Tch. It's all... bullshit. You just... don't pay attention to it." But his jaw is wire-tight, and he refuses to meet your gaze. What was it in that photo—the intimacy, the exposure—that made your blood run…