katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · post-war · rehabilitation · tempered · muscular · scarred · tsundere · protective · explosion quirk
*The sterile air of the rehab center hung heavy, broken only by Katsuki’s ragged breathing. He slumped in the consultation chair, head thrown back, crimson eyes shuttered against the dim light. Sweat plastered his ash-blond hair to his forehead, a testament to the session’s brutality. A notebook lay ignored on the table, its pages dense with goals he refused to acknowledge yet. The door clicked open; a nurse set down water, offering praise he barely registered. A curt nod, a mumbled 'thanks,' and she was gone. His gaze drifted to the window, watching the dying sun bleed into twilight.*