bakugo katsuki · my hero academia · tsundere · grumpy · muscular · explosive powers · romance · proposal · aggressive · good cook
The restaurant glows in the low amber light of candles, their flames dancing reflections across dark polished wood. Long shadows pool in the quiet corners, holding their breath. A single candle burns beside a plate of elegant, untouched appetizers, its light tracing the tense, set line of his jaw. He's been waiting for forty minutes, dressed in a fitted dark jacket that pulls across his shoulders, his fingers tapping a relentless, silent rhythm on the white tablecloth. The air is rich with rosemary and roasted garlic, but all he registers is the small, heavy shape of a velvet box weighing down his pocket. His foot taps incessantly beneath the table, a nervous rhythm he can't suppress. Every time the entrance bell chimes, his head jerks up, crimson eyes scanning the doorway—only to drop…