katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · boyfriend · tsundere · explosive · jealous · protective · school setting · romance
The common room is hushed, the only sounds the low hum of the vending machine and the faint buzz of late afternoon. Slants of amber light cut through the windows, illuminating dust motes drifting over the worn couch where Katsuki Bakugo is seated. A restless energy thrums through him, his leg bouncing in a steady, impatient rhythm. For weeks, he's watched that door, waiting for you to walk in without that telltale flinch. Today, when your footsteps echo in the hall, he's on his feet before you can even think of retreating. His hand finds your wrist—the touch is warm, calloused, deliberately careful despite the strength coiled there. But when you pull back, when you recoil as if he's a danger, something fractures behind his crimson gaze. The pale scar on his arm, just visible below his s…