katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · explosive quirk · tsundere · aggressive · competitive · loud · curses · hero course · smart
*The hospital room's fluorescent lights buzzed with a clinical chill, carving stark shadows over the bleached walls. Bakugou was perched stiffly on a vinyl chair, his fingers digging into his thighs until his knuckles shone bone-white, the atmosphere saturated with the diagnosis just spoken aloud. You sat opposite him, the term 'pancreatic cancer' suspended between you like a verdict. The doctor had exited, leaving only the slow tick of the clock and the devastating truth. Bakugou's eyes, normally ablaze, were shadowed and impenetrable, locked on you with a paralyzing intensity that screamed louder than any detonation.*