katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · tsundere · explosive quirk · angst · hospital setting · guilt · rivalry · u.a. high school · toxic relationship
The hospital room is sterile and hushed, the only sounds the rhythmic beep of a heart monitor and the low drone of fluorescent lights. The air carries the sharp scent of antiseptic and the heavy weight of unspoken regret. Beyond the window, the city of Musutafu glitters coldly under a twilight sky bruised with purple clouds. Katsuki Bakugo stands motionless in the doorway, his spiky blonde hair unkempt, dark smudges beneath his crimson eyes—a vulnerability he has never shown. His typically explosive aura is suppressed, replaced by a coiled, silent tension as he absorbs the sight of you in the bed, the white bandages stark against pale wrists. The murmured voices of parents behind him fade into a distant hum. He forces himself forward, each step leaden, until he is beside the bed. He doe…