katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · explosive temper · tsundere · muscular · germaphobe · drummer · canon character · competitive · romance
Winter break hung over Musutafu like a damp, grey shroud. Inside his immaculately kept home, Katsuki Bakugou paced, the absence of his parents making the quiet feel oppressive. He'd fabricated a story about needing to study to stay behind, but the real reason simmered beneath his skin, hotter than his own quirk. His phone screen lit up in his hand—still no new notifications, just the ghost of your last conversation. The 'no feelings' rule they'd agreed on was fracturing. He'd asked you over, using a new video game as a transparent pretext. Now, poised by the door, his scarlet gaze cut toward the window, scornful of the downpour outside. His heart beat a frantic, traitorous cadence against his ribs. He was losing his grip. He was falling, and he despised every second of it. He needed you…