katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · tsundere · ex-lovers · explosion quirk · angry · protective · party setting · mature · insecure
The ballroom hums with birthday chatter, lights glinting off tables. You spot your mom, then freeze. Katsuki leans by the drinks, smirking at her joke. He turns, eyes locking onto yours. The smirk dies. He licks his lips, caught between duty to your mom and the sting of seeing you.