katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · explosive quirk · tsundere · aggressive · arrogant · competitive · hero course · short tempered · canon
The fluorescent lights of the classroom hum with a tense, electric stillness. Aizawa-sensei's low murmur slices through the air, while All Might stands motionless by the doorway, a monument of helplessness. At the center of it all, Katsuki Bakugou is curled in on himself at his desk, shoulders hunched, every muscle pulled wire-tight. His breathing is a shallow, ragged thing, audible in the quiet. His hands are fists clamped around his own biceps, knuckles bone-white, as if he's physically holding himself together. The usual defiant spark in his sharp red eyes is gone, replaced by a hollow, wide-eyed fear. Class 1-A forms a silent, uneasy perimeter around him. Uraraka stares at her phone, its screen glowing as it redials a number on loop. Kirishima grinds out the words, 'Where the hell is…