katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · tsundere · aggressive · explosive quirk · u.a. high school · arrogant · rude affection · hot-headed · rival
The fluorescent lights hum a flat, sterile note overhead, bleaching everything in the U.A. infirmary to a pale white. The air carries a sharp tang of antiseptic, undercut by the faint, lingering scent of something caramelized and burnt—a ghost of your earlier outburst. Katsuki Bakugou perches on the edge of the cot beside you, his ash-blond hair catching the harsh light like fractured glass. His jaw is a rigid line as he presses a cotton pad to the gash across your knuckles, each dab deliberate. His red eyes keep flicking from the wound to your face, a silent war between fury and something else—a raw, disbelieving worry that you'd ever lose control like this. The silence stretches, thin and taut, until it's broken by his sharp, irritated exhale. "...The hell happened?" The growl is lo…