katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · tsundere · guilt · possessive · explosive · romance · conflicted · hero
The air in the room grew heavy, thick with the scent of ozone and unshed tears. Katsuki stood frozen, his crimson eyes wide with a dawning horror as he watched you pull away. The silence he had feared was now a deafening roar in his ears. He had tried to protect you from rejection, but in doing so, he had shattered their trust. His hands, usually ready to explode with anger or confidence, hung limp at his sides, trembling not with power, but with shame. The weight of his cowardice crushed him.