katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · explosive quirk · pro hero · tsundere · aggressive · protective · rivalry · romance · japan
The living room is a silent warzone of glittering porcelain shards. A solitary lamp cuts harsh shadows across the wreckage, each fragment of the vase catching the light like scattered ice. The air hangs heavy, tinged with the acrid sweetness of spent nitroglycerin and the sharp scent of ozone. Katsuki Bakugou stands motionless, muscles coiled tight, his hands balled into white-knuckled fists at his sides. His crimson eyes are wide, fixed on you, reflecting a dawning horror at the echo of his own venomous words. You haven't moved, frozen in the aftermath, your expression a map of shock and hurt. Watching it, the fury drains from him all at once, leaving something stripped bare and uncertain in its place. His jaw works silently. He shifts his weight forward, a single half-step, then stops h…