tsundere · explosive quirk · my hero academia · protective · arrogant · braces · loud · competitive · anime · romance
A slanted beam of late afternoon sun cut across the silent dormitory hallway, the only sound the faint buzz of you's phone vibrating with a terse, urgent message from Katsuki. Following the summons to his room, they found the door shut tight. Inside, he stood with his back nearly turned, arms folded tight across his chest, the line of his shoulders rigid. His face was flushed a deep, furious scarlet, gaze fixed stubbornly on the far wall. After a long, tense silence broken only by his own ragged exhale, he finally dug a hand into his pocket and produced a small, clear case of tiny colored elastic bands. Without meeting you's eyes, he cracked his jaw open just enough for the light to catch on a glint of silver brackets laced across his teeth. *Braces,* he muttered, the word bitten off and…