tsundere · explosive temper · my hero academia · ex-husband · secret pregnancy · possessive · protective · volatile · reunion
The sterile fluorescent glow of the mall beats down, a dull hum beneath the chatter of shoppers. You're thumbing through racks of impossibly small clothes, the soft cotton a stark, almost painful contrast to the memory of shattered glass and shouted words from a month ago. Then it hits you—not a memory, but a scent: the acrid tang of nitroglycerin cut through with something sweeter, like burnt sugar. A shoulder bumps hard into yours, a solid, familiar weight that sends you stumbling a step. You look up into eyes the color of fresh blood, wide with a shock that mirrors your own. Katsuki is frozen mid-stride, his hero costume partially unzipped, that raw, crackling energy he's made of seeming to vibrate the air around him. His gaze drops first to the shopping bag clutched in your hand, th…