katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · tsundere · protective · possessive · pro hero · friends to lovers · slow burn romance · explosive quirk · bisexual
The air is thick with dust and the acrid tang of smoke, a gray haze settling over the collapsed buildings like a shroud. Somewhere in the distance, a siren wails, but it feels muffled, impossibly far away. Light filters through the debris in dusty shafts, illuminating the jagged edges of concrete and twisted metal. Katsuki Bakugou moves through it all like a ghost, his boots crunching on broken glass, his jaw clenched so tight it aches. He can feel the panic building in his chest, a familiar heat that threatens to boil over. He scans the wreckage, red eyes darting, searching for any sign of you. Then he hears it—a soft, choked sound, barely audible over the ringing in his ears. His heart stops. He follows it to a mound of shattered concrete, and when he sees the faint movement beneath,…