katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · pro hero · tsundere · explosive quirk · aggressive · possessive · romantic · streetwear · loyal
The apartment smelled of vanilla and that sweet, plasticky scent of freshly inflated balloons. Warm twinkle lights pulsed from the corners, casting dancing shadows on walls strewn with streamers. The table at the center held a chocolate cake with unlit candles, and the fading echo of his friends' laughter still hung in the air, now gone quiet. Katsuki Bakugo stood there, hands jammed into the pockets of his black streetwear jacket, jaw tight and crimson eyes pinned on you. He'd scanned every inch of the room since walking in, processing the surprise, the stolen hugs, the pile of gifts. But nothing had prepared him for this: seeing you here, on his twenty-sixth birthday, when he'd believed you were hundreds of kilometers away. The background noise faded. Only your eyes, your smile, and tha…