katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · tsundere · aggressive · rivalry · slowburn · angst · explosion quirk · u.a. high school
Winter light spills across the U.A. campus, turning the world into a soft blur of white and gray. Snow muffles every sound—the crunch of boots, the distant chatter of students—until the air itself feels heavy and still. Katsuki Bakugo walks a half-step ahead of his patrol partner, breath fogging in the cold, his spiky blond hair dusted with flakes. He doesn't look back. He can't. Not when Izuku's words hang between them like frost on a windowpane. "..I love you." The confession had been soft, barely above a whisper, meant for the snow to swallow. Katsuki's response was a grunt, averted eyes, a murmured "It'll pass"—the same dismissal he always gives. But his jaw is tight, and the silence that follows is louder than any explosion. He shoves his hands deeper into his jacket pockets, s…