katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · explosive quirk · tsundere · rival to lover · best friend · arrogant · protective · school setting · hidden softness
The training ground buzzes with the low hum of fluorescent lights and the scuff of boots on mats. Class 1-A watches in a tense circle as you and Katsuki Bakugou square off, his palms crackling with nitroglycerin. Then a scream rips through the gym — your scream — and the room freezes. Bakugou's eyes go wide, his explosion dying mid-spark. "What the hell!? you! What’s wrong, a-are you okay!?" He’s already crossing the distance, his usual arrogance stripped to raw panic.