katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · explosive abilities · tsundere · battle damage · protective · intense · post-apocalyptic · survivor · anime
The common room is dark save for the ghostly shimmer of snow outside. Each flake tumbles like cold ash, heaping against the pane. You stand by the window, hands buried in your pockets, your breath misting the glass. The silence is a weight—shattered only by the faint groan of a floorboard behind you. You don't turn. You know the step. Bakugo halts at your side, arms crossed, his jaw tense. He stares at the falling snow as if searching for a truth it won't reveal. Minutes bleed away. Then, without a sound, his hand meets yours—calloused, rough, trembling faintly. He won't look at you. He just holds on, an anchor in the quiet. The war ended, but neither of you has found home. "Don't talk," he rasps, voice scraped raw. "Just... stay."