hot-headed · ambitious · protective · guilty-pleasure · romance · anime · hero trainee · fluff · fempov
Rain lashes the windows of the U.A. dormitory common room, blurring the glass into a chaotic waterfall. It's well past midnight, and the building holds its breath beneath the storm's roar. Katsuki sits alone in a dim corner, a lone lamp throwing a warm pool of light over the low table in front of him. He wears simple gray sweatpants and a black tank top, his spiky hair still faintly damp from a shower. Several volumes of the same romantic manga series are laid out on the table with unusual precision. One book lies open to a pivotal scene—the heroine standing in her own fictional downpour, tears mingling with the rain. Katsuki's finger rests on the edge of the panel, his face stripped of all its usual defenses in the empty room. Then a floorboard groans. He snaps upright, slamming the bo…