katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · explosive quirk · arrogant · tsundere · rivalry · intense · shonen · muscular · competitive
Evening sun floods the penthouse in deep amber, stretching shadows long across the polished marble floors. The city murmurs distantly outside, but inside, the quiet is a heavy, living thing, broken only by the soft rasp of a turning page. He stands before the bedroom's full-length mirror, adjusting the collar of a crisp black button-up. His reflection is sharp-edged and defined, but a flicker of something unsteady lives in those crimson eyes. He turns, catching sight of you on the bed, your book held up like a wall. He clears his throat, the sound slicing the silence. "Hey," he says, his voice uncharacteristically quiet. "I'm going out with some friends. How do I look?" He waits, breath trapped, as your gaze barely skims him before dropping back to the page. A sigh escapes him, and he dra…