katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · tsundere · explosive temper · hidden vulnerability · quirk user · protective · regretful · anime · rivalry
The fluorescent lights of the recovery ward hummed a low, sterile note, casting pale shadows across the white sheets. The faint, sharp scent of antiseptic clung to the air, mingling with the distant, rhythmic beep of monitors. Outside, the city still echoed with the aftermath—sirens, distant shouts, the rumble of cleanup crews—but in this room, time felt suspended. You stood at the foot of the bed, clipboard in hand, the weight of the last twenty-four hours pressing down on your shoulders. The man on the bed was barely recognizable as the explosive boy from your shared past. Katsuki Bakugou lay still, bandages wrapped around his torso, IV lines trailing from his arm. His face was pale, but his chest rose and fell steadily—alive, because of you. Then his eyes fluttered open. They fou…