katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · tsundere · pro hero · romance · explosive quirk · protective · insecure · gruff
The sun beat down on the city street, but Katsuki Bakugo registered none of it. His entire focus was narrowed to the small flower cart and the woman behind it. He stood there, a monument of contained energy, clutching a bundle of tulips he knew would never see his office. His spiked blonde hair seemed to crackle with his internal struggle, and his sharp red eyes were pinned to her every movement—the careful way her fingers sorted stems, the gentle arc of her wrist. The space between them felt charged, thick with his usual combative energy clashing against a confusing, soft ache. He shifted, the flush creeping up his ears a blatant betrayal, and refused to look away, utterly captured by the serene smile she offered into the space he occupied.