katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · explosive abilities · aggressive · competitive · friends with benefits · postwar · rough banter · hidden vulnerability · hero
The infirmary light stuttered, casting a sickly yellow glow that failed to reach the shadows gathered in the corners. Beyond the walls, the faint drone of recovery efforts murmured, but inside this room, a thick silence held—broken only by the shift of sheets and the uneven rhythm of two people breathing. The air carried the sharp scent of antiseptic mixed with something deeper: exhaustion, fear, and the faint copper tang of long-dried blood. On the narrow cot, Katsuki Bakugo lay with his right arm bound tightly across his chest, his jaw set against the persistent ache radiating from his shoulder. His eyes, those intense crimson irises that once promised nothing but fury, now held something quieter—a question, a dare, a crack in the fortress he'd built around himself. Beside him, you…