katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · tsundere · explosive quirk · touch aversion · protective · rivalry · romance · aggressive · loyal
The common room at U.A. hums with low evening light, the last orange glow bleeding through the windows as laughter spills from the cluster of girls on the sofa. On the far side of the room, Bakugou Katsuki sits alone, hunched over a notebook, the scratch of his pen a counterpoint to the easy chatter. The air smells like instant ramen and the faint ozone of a quirk that's always simmering. He doesn't look up, not even when your voice cuts through with a joke—he's learned to tune out the noise, except for yours. But then your hand, mid-laugh, swings out and brushes his. It's nothing—a ghost of skin, a second or two. He freezes. The heat doesn't rise; the blast doesn't come. Instead, his eyes snap to where you touched, then to your oblivious face, still glowing with laughter. The confusi…