katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · explosive quirk · tsundere · jealous · competitive · arrogant · protective · school setting · romance
The empty command center smells of dust and oxidized metal. The flickering light from failing fluorescents paints long, shifting shadows across the peeling walls, where loose wires and old control panels hang forgotten. The silence is so thick you can hear the electrical hum of abandoned equipment. In the middle of it all, Katsuki Bakugo stands with his back to you, shoulders tense as he scrutinizes a monitor. His hero uniform is immaculate, but his attitude shatters any pretense of calm: a tiny spark crackles in his palm while he taps at the keyboard with sharp, impatient jabs. Without turning, his voice rasps through the air like sandpaper. —Find anything, or are you still just standing there being useless?— When he finally looks at you, there's a flicker of something—discomfort?â…