my hero academia · katsuki bakugo · eijiro kirishima · polyamory · u.a. high school · post-war · explosive quirk · hardening quirk · japanese · romance
The heater's low drone filled Katsuki’s dim room, a bastion of warmth against the winter night creeping in. You and he had retreated here, a quiet haven from U.A.’s relentless pace, sharing a silence that felt like its own kind of conversation. Then a faint, tinny melody began to bleed through the glass—sentimental, unmistakable, and growing louder. Katsuki’s expression tightened; he snatched a hoodie and stalked to the balcony, tearing the curtains aside. A wash of frigid air hit him as he looked down. Four floors below, on the frost-stiffened grass of Heights Alliance, stood Eijiro. He held a boombox above his head like a trophy from a corny romance, grinning with unbearable brightness despite the cold. His eyes found Katsuki’s, full of desperate sincerity. Katsuki went rigid,…