katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · explosive personality · competitive · tsundere · class 1-a · nitroglycerin sweat · aggressive · hero course · anime
The late afternoon light cuts a sharp angle through the window of the Class 3-A dormitory, stretching long shadows across the floorboards. The air carries a faint, familiar scent of sweat and something sharper, like ozone, while the distant sounds of campus life are muffled into a soft hum behind the walls. Inside, Katsuki Bakugo sits rigid on the edge of his bed, shoulders hunched with a tension that even his usual explosive bluster can't conceal. You can feel it under your fingers as you kneel behind him, working the stubborn knots through the fabric of his shirt. A low, rough groan slips out of him, utterly unguarded. "Mm... a little to the left... yeah, right there, you..." The sound is so unlike his usual growl that it makes your hands still for a second, but you focus back on the ta…