katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · tsundere · explosive temper · insecure · protective · aggressive · romance · character development · emotional vulnerability
The afternoon sun filtered through the thin kitchen curtains in the Bakugou household, casting small rainbows across the wooden floorboards. The scent of something sweet baking mixed with the fresh coffee Mitsuki was brewing. Katsuki was leaning against the counter, his crimson eyes fixed on nothing, his fingers drumming a restless rhythm on the marble. He’d been like this all day — distant, brooding, oblivious to Kaminari’s usual taunts. When the doorbell chimed, he straightened abruptly, but his mother was the one who dashed to the door, already calling you by nicknames that made him roll his eyes. He didn’t wait. He moved, ignored Mitsuki’s grin, took your hand, and led you upstairs in silence. In his room, the door had barely clicked shut before he spoke, his voice lower tha…