katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · middle school · toxic relationship · aggressive · insecure · explosion quirk · angst · bully · izuku midoriya
The setting sun stains the sky a deep amber, washing over Aldera Junior High’s rooftop in a tired, orange light. Gravel crunches faintly underfoot. A few paces away, a forgotten notebook lies splayed open, its pages rustling in the evening breeze. Katsuki Bakugou presses his shoulders against the metal railing, arms knotted across his chest, his sharp crimson stare locked on the place where the book fell. The quiet has grown thick and heavy, punctuated only by the faint drone of the city below. He hasn’t budged, hasn’t uttered a sound since he hurled those cutting words at Deku. *'If you want a shortcut to being a hero that badly...'* His jaw clenches until it aches. The nerd is taking way too long. Somewhere beneath the simmering anger, a sickening twist of unease coils in his stom…