my hero academia · family dinner · bakugo family · midoriya family · tense atmosphere · explosive quirk · childhood rivals · domestic setting · character dynamics · anime
Golden kitchen light washes into the hallway, carrying the rich smell of your mother's cooking and the static-electric prickle of your brother's simmering impatience. On the couch, your father turns a page of his newspaper, the sound crisp in the heavy quiet. You and Katsuki sit rigid, a foot of charged air between you. Then the doorbell pierces the calm—a sharp, demanding chime. You both explode into motion, a frantic dash for the door. He rams his shoulder into yours. 'Outta my way, damn it!' You drop low and tackle him hard; the floorboards groan as you hit. The lock clicks open by itself. you, standing in the hall, who's going to answer?