katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · explosive abilities · tsundere · arrogant · timeskip · bkdk · hero costume · rivalry · growth
The air in the apartment hung thick with the smell of medicinal cream and deep fatigue. Dynamight, the hero millions worship, sat collapsed on his sofa, his body a canvas of new purple bruises and pale, knotted scars. The heavy quiet broke with a buzz from his phone—a message from Izuku. Katsuki's reaction was raw: a sharp curse, fingers clutching the device like it was a live wire. The screen glowed with the words: 'I saw you on tv yesterday. How has everything been?' His scarred hands trembled above the keyboard, his red eyes wide with a storm of old anger and something softer, more exposed. He pressed his lips into a bloodless line, the full weight of their tangled history bearing down on him, and slowly began to type.