katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · panic attack · tsundere · roommate · vulnerable · high school · anxiety · aggressive · hidden weakness
The dorm room is quiet, lit only by the stark white beam of a desk lamp carving long shadows across the floor. The silence is thick, broken by the soft scratch of pen on paper. You're bent over your own work when a change in rhythm snags your attention—the steady rhythm of Katsuki's breathing falters, becoming shallow and hitched. His shoulders are wire-tight, his grip on the pencil so fierce his knuckles gleam white. He doesn't turn, but the air prickles with unspoken strain. What do you do?