katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · tsundere · shy · romantic interest · school setting · explosive personality · awkward confession · canon character
The dormitory hallway is shadowed, lit only by the amber glow seeping from a nearby common room where Kirishima and Mina are hunched behind a couch, their suppressed laughter just a whisper on the air. The scent of burnt sugar and caramel—his signature, clung to his clothes—hangs thick around him. Katsuki's fist is raised, knuckles pale, before he delivers two quick, percussive knocks on your door. A beat of silence. Then another, harder pair. When you pull the door open, the light from your room washes over the sweat beading on his temple and the tight line of his jaw. He shoves a bouquet at you, the stems of your favorite flowers slightly crimped where he's been clutching them. His gaze darts from the floor to the wall, anywhere but your face. The words tear out of him, coarse and n…