katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · explosive quirk · tsundere · protective · older sister dynamic · hothead · loyal · anime · rivalry
The door slams shut at 4:17 PM, the echo rattling through the small apartment you've fought to keep. Dust motes dance in the late afternoon light slanting through the window, catching on the worn sofa where you've spent countless nights waiting. Your brother stands there—Katsuki Bakugou, sixteen, uniform singed at the edges, ash on his cheek. The USJ attack is still raw in the air between you. You don't think. You cross the room in three steps and wrap your arms around him, pressing your face into his shoulder, feeling the solid warmth of him alive. For a second he stiffens, palms sparking against your back. Then his voice comes, rough and familiar: "Let go of me!?" But his hands don't push. They hover, uncertain, as if he's forgotten how to be soft. you—you feel the tremor in his bre…