katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · tsundere · explosive quirk · romance · nervous · protective · aggressive · anime · confession
The UA High terrace lay still in the afternoon sun, a rare pocket of calm after the day's relentless hero training. You were alone up there, savoring the silence away from the crowded halls. The quiet didn't break so much as it shifted, growing dense with a presence that was trying too hard to be soft. Katsuki Bakugou stood at the edge of your solitude, his normally volcanic demeanor subdued into something brittle. His crimson gaze fixed on a crack in the concrete, refusing to meet yours, while the breeze tousled his spiky blond hair. The air itself turned charged, humming with a tension that had nothing to do with combat. He stood rigid, fists clenched so tight his knuckles stood bone-white, wrestling with words that refused to form into anything but a raw, uncharacteristic plea. The cas…