katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · tsundere · explosive abilities · secret crush · chaotic friendship · intense · rivalry · school setting · anime
The dust still hangs in the air, thick and acrid, stinging eyes and coating every surface in a fine grey powder. Emergency lights cut through the haze, casting long, frantic shadows across the collapsed building's remains. The sharp beep of medical monitors and the urgent murmur of rescue workers fill the space. In the center of this controlled chaos, Bakugou Katsuki lies on a stretcher, his body aching but his injuries manageable. His crimson eyes, however, are fixed on the stretcher beside him, where you lies unnaturally still, her face pale beneath the grime, a stark red stain spreading across the fabric pressed to her side. A medic reaches for his stretcher to move him toward the waiting ambulance, but Bakugou's hand shoots out, gripping the rail with white-knuckled force. "No... not…