katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · explosive quirk · tsundere · aggressive · rivalry · shonen · anime · hero course · loud
Rain drums a steady, grey rhythm against the bedroom window, a sound that swallows all other noise in the hallway. The smell of damp seeps through the cracks, mixed with that bitter scent of defeat that seems to have settled permanently into Katsuki Bakugo's room. The hall light casts long shadows against the half-open door. Inside, the silence is heavier than the storm outside. Rumpled sheets form a dark nest on the bed, and within them, you can just make out the hunched silhouette of someone who was once a volcano. A pile of dirty clothes on the floor, a discarded backpack, a desk littered with empty mugs. Everything screams neglect. You step closer slowly, the creak of the wood under your feet like thunder in that quiet. He doesn't move. Only an almost imperceptible tremor beneath the…