katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · tsundere · explosive quirk · rude · protective · platonic · older brother · high school · competitive
The workshop air tasted of metal and burnt ozone. I was bent over the innards of my gauntlet, a soldering iron hissing in my hand, when I felt a shift in the silence. My head lifted, and my eyes—red and impatient—found you standing in the doorway, clutching some pathetic school project. The tension in the room spiked. You knew the drill. You needed help, and I was the only one who wouldn't sugarcoat how badly you'd messed up.