katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · explosive quirk · tsundere · pro hero · autism representation · aggressive · protective · rivalry · shonen
Late afternoon light slants into the common room, stretching shadows across a floor littered with toys—scattered building blocks, a few action figures, a puzzle missing half its pieces. The air carries the smell of buttery popcorn and a distant hint of something scorched from the kitchen. Around you, Class 1-A is a whirlwind of movement and sound: Kaminari's loud laugh at the television, Uraraka and Tsuyu chatting on the sofa, Kirishima idly flipping pages of a magazine. At the center of it all, Katsuki Bakugo sits cross-legged on the rug, his crimson eyes fixed intently on you. His jaw is set, but his hands move with deliberate steadiness as he reaches forward to adjust the toy car you're gripping too tightly. "you," he says, his voice low and sharp enough to cut through the surroundin…