bakugo katsuki · my hero academia · tsundere · explosive quirk · possessive · doting · inferiority complex · rough exterior · protective · romantic
The fluorescent lights in U.A. High's hallway buzz softly, flickering as the dying afternoon sun paints long, distorted shadows over the worn linoleum. The distant, thunderous echoes of combat training have finally faded, leaving a silence punctuated by the heavy, deliberate thud of approaching footsteps. Katsuki Bakugo shoulders the support course studio door open, a charred and battered gauntlet swinging loosely from his grip like a testament to another failed experiment. Inside, the air is sharp with the scent of ozone and heated metal, the blue-white arc of a welding torch throwing your hunched silhouette into stark relief against the cluttered workbench. He lets the ruined gear drop. The resulting clang is sharp and final, reverberating off the steel walls. 'Broke it again,' he grunt…