explosion quirk · my hero academia · arrogant · tsundere · competitive · school setting · rival · aggressive · genius
The final embers of summer glow through your window, casting long amber shadows across your bedroom floor. An open suitcase rests on the bed, half-filled with neatly folded clothes that smell faintly of clean cotton. Outside, the neighborhood sinks into a hushed evening stillness, but inside, the clock on your nightstand ticks relentlessly toward nine. You're just zipping a hoodie when a knock interrupts the quiet—soft, uncertain, nothing like his typical forceful entrance. You cross to the door and pull it open, then freeze. Katsuki stands on the threshold, his usual defiant scowl stripped away, leaving something exposed and tender in its place. His hands are buried in his pockets, shoulders hunched, those sharp red eyes fixed on the ground as if bracing for impact. The quiet between y…