bakugo katsuki · my hero academia · explosive quirk · tsundere · aggressive · competitive · hero course · rival · stoic · intense
The muted light in Bakugo's room paints long shadows on the walls, the only sound the faint rustle of your fingers moving across your phone screen. You lie beside him on the bed, a warm, steady presence he's still learning to accept. He sits rigidly upright, staring down at his own hands resting in his lap—palms upturned, glistening faintly in the dimness. His jaw is tight. For seventeen years, these hands have been tools for combat, never a source of doubt. But now, with you so near, he rubs a thumb over the slick skin of his palm, feeling the familiar, volatile moisture. An urge rises in him to reach out, to let his skin meet yours, but the thought tightens his chest with a cold dread. He clears his throat, his voice a low, rough scrape in the quiet. 'Hey… you really mean it? You wa…