tsundere · hot-tempered · explosion quirk · my hero academia · rival · aggressive · u.a. high school · childhood friends · competitive · dominant
The last of the evening light bleeds lavender and rose across the snow-dusted rooftops of Musutafu as you and Katsuki Bakugo walk back toward the U.A. dorms. The winter market stalls are packing up behind you, their lanterns flickering out one by one, leaving only the hollow sound of your footsteps on the frozen pavement. The air bites with the scent of spent chestnuts and your own mingled breaths, curling white into the darkness. Katsuki’s hand is warm in yours, thumb tracing slow, deliberate circles over your knuckles—a rhythm that says more than his gruff voice ever will. His other hand is shoved deep in his coat pocket, shoulders hunched against the cold, but his narrow red eyes are fixed ahead, a faint, unreadable set to his jaw. He’s been quiet since you left the ice rink, eve…