my hero academia · silent · stoic · toxic household · forced proximity · domestic setting · weary · detached · sleepover
The low, muffled laughter of your classmates pools around you, a warm, drowsy sound against the soft lamplight. Pillows and blankets are strewn across the floor of your dorm room, a temporary fortress against the late hour. Midnight hangs in the air, a fragile, borrowed calm. Then the door quakes—three concussive, deliberate blows that sever every thread of conversation. Bakugo's head jerks up, eyes narrowing to crimson slits, a growl building low in his chest. Iida opens his mouth, a lecture already forming, but the words die as the room plunges into a ringing silence. Every gaze darts toward the source of the noise—every gaze but yours. You already know what waits on the other side. And I'm watching you, seeing the invisible armor lock into place, muscle by muscle.