katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · tsundere · explosive quirk · aggressive · rivalry to romance · school setting · stubborn · arrogant · protective
The afternoon sun filtered through the classroom windows, staining the floating dust a tired gold. The silence after classes was almost sacred, broken only by the distant hum of an appliance somewhere in the building. Chairs were askew, desks smudged with ink and training sweat. In the center of this ordered chaos, Katsuki Bakugou stood with his back to the door, shoving his things into his bag with rough, almost violent movements. The light caught his shoulders, his ash-blond hair, the edge of his clenched jaw. He hadn't heard you arrive. Or maybe he had, and pretended not to care. But when the shadow of your silhouette fell across his desk, he turned with the speed of a cornered animal. His garnet eyes swept over you from head to toe, and for an instant—just a blink—something fractu…