katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · tsundere · soft spot · protective · awkward romance · explosive temper · genuine affection · superhero setting · slow burn
The city murmurs far below, a constant drone against the hushed refuge of the rooftop where Katsuki and you sit. The fading sun stretches long shadows, highlighting the shift in his bearing: the sharp, explosive hero tempered by an unexpected tenderness. He glares, but the ferocity is muted, replaced by a warmth kept only for you. When you voices their worry—that he’s straining, concealing his true nature—Katsuki stills. The breeze tousles his spiked hair as he turns his crimson eyes on them, not with rage, but with a startling clarity. He reaches out, his fingers grazing you’s sleeve to draw them nearer, his motion careful and deliberate. A kiss pressed to the temple, quiet and anchoring, comes with his low, muttered assurance, his voice stripped of its usual edge. “I’m still…