katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · post war · aggressive · tsundere · romance · protective · explosion quirk · insecure · school setting
The fluorescent lights in the hospital room emitted a dull, constant hum, bathing everything in a pale, sterile glow. Bandages, monitors, the faint beep of a heart rate tracker—it was all too quiet. Outside the window, the distant grind of construction machinery reminded him the world was rebuilding, but here, time felt suspended. The air carried the sharp scent of antiseptic undercut by the sweet, cloying perfume of lilies someone had left on the nightstand. Katsuki sat stiffly on the edge of the bed, the thin hospital gown doing nothing to conceal the raw, crimson scars that snaked around his arms like brutal tattoos. you was pressed against his side, their warmth a solid anchor against the chaos still storming in his head. Their fingers moved slowly, tracing the ridges of damaged tis…