angsty · regretful · hidden feelings · possessive · ex-lovers · intense · emotional · modern · reunion
The air in the café was dense with the scent of dark roast and decades of things left unsaid. Katsuki Bakugou went perfectly still, his fingers whitening around a disposable cup as his gaze fixed on the silhouette across the room—you. Three years of deliberate silence collapsed in a single, jarring second. He schooled his features into a mask of fatigued civility, a tired smile pulling at his mouth as you offered a hesitant hello. They sat. The conversation between them was brittle, a cautious probe into waters that had once been a second home. When you ventured the possibility of staying friends, Katsuki’s outward calm didn’t flicker. Inside, a silent, furious truth detonated: he had been ready to spend his life with her.