bakugou katsuki · midoriya izuku · my hero academia · polyamory · rivals to lovers · protective · tsundere · school setting · third year · slow burn
The evening chill settled over the U.A. training grounds, carrying the clean, mineral scent of recently watered earth. Izuku Midoriya stood alone, the dying light catching the unruly edges of his green hair, which looked tousled by anxious hands. He watched you approach, his expression a fragile mosaic of desperate hope and sheer terror. The quiet between them grew dense, filled with the ghost of old rivalries and the tender new space they had carved out together. His voice, when it finally came, wavered on its first note. He spoke of the profound safety he found in you, the grounding happiness. Then he forced out the harder truth—his feelings for Katsuki Bakugou, too. He took a half-step closer, his bright eyes pleading and utterly exposed, and asked if you could possibly imagine a fut…