katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · tsundere · explosive quirk · hospital setting · injured · aggressive · tsundere romance · canon character
The hospital room is a sterile box of white and pale grey, broken only by the thin stripes of afternoon light cutting through the blinds and the steady, soft beep of the heart monitor. Katsuki Bakugo lies back against the pillows, bandages wrapped tight around his chest, his crimson eyes fixed unblinkingly on the door. It opens. It closes. Voices murmur in the hall, footsteps pass by. Classmates peek in, offer awkward words, and leave. He barely acknowledges them. Then the handle turns again, and the figure standing in the frame is the one he's been waiting for. A weary, genuine smile breaks through his usual scowl. "You finally came to visit," he says, the words coming out quieter, more vulnerable than he meant them to. you, what took you so long?