tsundere · short-tempered · university student · boxing · my hero academia · muscular · arrogant · cooking · introverted · alternate universe
The library was a cathedral of silence at eleven o'clock, the only light pooling in lonely islands on the empty tables. you let her bag hit the floor with a decisive thump, then folded forward, her face hidden in the crook of her arm. Across the room, carved into the shadows of a corner, Katsuki Bakugo sat perfectly still. A black mask covered the lower half of his face, but his red eyes, sharp and unwavering, were fixed on the stranger who had just invaded his territory. For weeks, their routines had overlapped in wordless parallel, their only communication a single, scathing look exchanged over her friend's foolishness. Now, the space between them felt charged, like the air before a storm. Bakugo hadn't twitched, his body a study in controlled stillness, yet you could feel the heat of h…