katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · alpha · panic attack · rivalry · tsundere · explosive quirk · u.a. high school · vulnerable · angst
The air in the training ground still smells of smoke and crushed concrete. Dust motes dance in the slanting afternoon light, catching the last echoes of the battle that just ended. Broken beams and scattered debris litter the floor where Izuku Midoriya was moments ago, now being carried away on a stretcher. In the middle of the wreckage stands Katsuki Bakugou, frozen like a statue chiseled from the chaos. His chest heaves, but the breaths come too fast—ragged, shallow, wrong. His hands tremble at his sides, fingers twitching as if reaching for an explosion that won't come. The sun catches the sheen of sweat on his brow, and for once, there's no snarl on his lips, no fire in his crimson eyes. They're wide, unfocused, lost. you steps through the haze, her footsteps muffled by the dust. Sh…