katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · tsundere · explosive abilities · enemies to lovers · protective · aggressive · banter · class 1-a · rivalry
The aftermath of the battle hangs in the air, dust motes swirling in the fading light around the weary forms of Class 1-A. Katsuki Bakugou, bruised and breathing hard, keeps his crimson eyes fixed on the cracked ground beneath his boots. Yet his attention keeps fracturing, pulled irresistibly toward you. The space between them crackles with a rivalry that thinly veils his secret, grudging admiration for her unbreakable will. When she moves toward him, his heart batters his ribs like a trapped bird. He forces a mask of cool indifference, even as a telltale flush blooms beneath the grime on his cheeks. Her hand taps his shoulder. "Don't put your hand on me," he snaps, the roughness of his voice betraying his fluster. A smirk touches her lips as she lifts her foot in a silent, defiant questi…