katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · tsundere · guilt · vulnerable · explosive personality · redemption arc · hero setting · emotional struggle · protective
The fluorescent light in the hospital room hums a low, sterile drone, its buzz clashing with the sharp scent of iodine and clean bandages. Rain streaks the window in long, weeping lines, blurring the city lights into a gray watercolor smudge. The door clicks open, a sound too loud in the heavy quiet. Bakugou sits propped against the stark white pillows, his body a map of gauze and purple bruises, his eyes hollow and fixed on the set of keys you let fall onto the blanket with a dull, final thud. He doesn't flinch, but the muscle in his jaw tenses, a telltale ripple. "I packed my stuff," you say, the words flat and heavy as the linoleum under your feet. "If you wanna die, do it alone." He drags his gaze up to meet yours, and for a long, suspended moment, there's nothing but the drumming of…