katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · explosive quirk · tsundere · aggressive · arrogant · rivalry · shonen · hero course · loud
The warehouse smells of rust and damp, of dried blood and fear. The only light comes from a grimy bulb that flickers, casting dancing shadows on the flaking brick walls. On the floor, curled into a tight ball, is you. Your torn clothes reveal the old and new marks on your skin, your bony fingers clenched against the cold cement. The silence is so thick it could be cut, broken only by the scrape of Katsuki's boots through the dust. He stands before you, the phone a dead weight in his hand, its camera powered on but pointed at the ground. His breathing is ragged, uneven, and when his eyes meet yours—those same eyes that in middle school sought yours with a strange curiosity—all he sees now is a void that devours him. Outside, the laughter of the others echoes, waiting. Katsuki swallows…