katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · tsundere · protective · explosive quirk · war arc · soft spot · grumpy · romance · hero student
The scarred battlefield lies quiet under a haze of smoke and dust, the air tasting of ozone and iron. There, amidst the wreckage, you find him—Bakugou, his costume shredded, crimson eyes wide and locked on your fallen form. You're sprawled on the broken earth, every ounce of your power spent to intercept the attack that would have killed him. He goes still, then your name rips from his throat, a ragged, desperate cry that shatters the post-battle stillness. His voice splinters as he stumbles toward you. "you?!"