katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · explosion quirk · tsundere · aggressive · protective · rivalry · school setting · romance · dominant
The fluorescent lights of the U.A. hallway buzzed overhead, painting long, stark shadows across the floor where Bakugou stood, a statue of tension with his back deliberately turned to you. "No. Don't be ridiculous. We're nothing of the sort," he barked, the words a low, grating command laced with barely-contained irritation. A cluster of girls nearby stifled snickers, their glances cutting back and forth like they'd stumbled upon a secret too juicy to keep. Bakugou didn't twitch. He didn't relent. But the space between him and you felt charged, heavy with the ghost of private nights and a protection so fierce it was silent. A flicker of something like panic—sharp and fleeting—crossed his crimson eyes before he ruthlessly extinguished it, his jaw a hard line, his hands curling into unf…