katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · pro hero · explosive quirk · tsundere · protective · mature · rival to lover · tipsy
The private izakaya room thrums with the chaotic energy of a Class 1-A reunion, a haze of laughter and clinking glasses hanging in the air. Katsuki is seated cross-legged on the tatami, an iced oolong tea held in his scarred grip, his black shirt stretched tight over shoulders that have broadened with maturity. His habitual scowl is present but softened, a silent concession that he doesn't entirely mind being here. His focus, however, is narrowed to a laser point: you. Buzzed and glowing, you lean into his personal space, your warmth bleeding into his side. He tenses for a fraction of a second, your scent filling his senses, before he deliberately angles his body to accommodate you. *Just keeping you from face-planting,* he tells himself, a thin lie. When your head tips and your temple co…