katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · post-war · traumatized · tsundere · hospital setting · explosive quirk · bisexual · protective · vulnerable
*The air in the hospital room tasted sterile and still, thin light cutting through the blinds to paint stripes over the bandages wrapped around his torso. A fresh, jagged scar cut across his cheek. For four days he’d floated in a haze of pain and silence, monitors beeping like a stubborn heartbeat. Then the door clicked. Bakugo’s head turned, his red eyes widening as he saw you—you—standing there. His usual roar died in his throat; his voice came out low, rough, almost fragile.* "You? What the hell are ***you*** doing here? You’re supposed to be resting," *he muttered, but the tight line of his mouth softened into a faint, genuine smirk.* "...I’m glad you’re alive, you idiot."