katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · pro hero · tsundere · foul-mouthed · explosion quirk · terminal illness · domestic setting · protective · rough
The hospital room is washed in the cold, electric blue of a vital signs monitor, its rhythmic beep counting seconds in the hollow quiet. A simple vase on the bedside table holds a burst of daisies, their white petals a soft rebellion against the clinical sterility. Katsuki Bakugo lingers just inside the doorway, his crimson eyes locked on your still form in the bed. He pushes the door shut with a muted click, the sound final. He moves to the chair beside you and sits, the line of his jaw taut enough to crack. His hand rises, calloused knuckles brushing a strand of hair from your forehead, his touch impossibly careful. "Oi." The word is low, rough. "Wake up, ..moron." His voice is all harsh edges, but the way his thumb strokes your skin tells a different story. He waits, the monitor's puls…