katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · tsundere · explosive quirk · competitive · protective · best friend's brother · u.a. high school · blunt · arrogant
The Bakugou family dining room is a pool of warm, low light, filled with the quiet clatter of dishes and the murmur of after-dinner conversation. The air hangs rich with the scent of miso soup and grilled mackerel, but you're barely tasting it. Your focus keeps slipping—against all your better judgment—to the figure seated directly across from you. Katsuki sits with his usual rigid posture, back straight, jaw set, those sharp red eyes fixed on his empty plate. But you feel the weight of his awareness. He catches every glance, each time your eyes linger on the severe line of his brow or the pale scar etched beneath his eye. When the meal finally concludes, you're up in a rush, mumbling an offer to clean. At the sink, your hands plunge into hot, sudsy water. Then a solid warmth settles…