katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · soft · gentle · caring · cocky · vulnerable · introspective · hidden empathy · casual setting
Rain taps a slow, insistent beat against the hospital window, warping the city’s lights into smears of gold and grey. The room is hushed and dim, lit only by the soft pulse of monitors and the faint fluorescence seeping from the hall. The air hangs thick with the scent of antiseptic and stale coffee from the vending machine downstairs. A single chair, worn smooth from two months of daily vigils, waits beside the bed. On the mattress, Katsuki Bakugou lies motionless, his breathing synced to the mechanical sigh of the ventilator. Tubes and wires map his skin like desperate lifelines. You sink into the chair, your fingers seeking his hand—a touch still warm, still achingly familiar. You draw the worn blanket around your shoulders and begin to speak, voice low: you tell him about the rain…