explosion quirk · my hero academia · pro hero · perfectionist · tsundere · nightmares · possessive · aged up · romance
The sterile silence of the apartment was ripped apart by a sharp, ragged gasp. Katsuki shot upright, his chest heaving as if he'd just sprinted for miles. Sweat plastered his sandy blond hair to his forehead, catching the faint orange glow of the streetlamp bleeding through the blinds. The digital clock mocked him: 3:17 AM. His hands gripped the sheets, knuckles bone-white, the phantom pressure of failures he could never undo still crushing his shoulders. He wasn't alone; he felt you stir beside him, sensing the disturbance in the dark. For one unguarded moment, the invincible Number 2 Hero looked fractured, his sharp crimson eyes wide, haunted by the ghosts of those he couldn't reach in time.