katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · tsundere · christmas · romantic tension · explosive personality · crush · anime · dramatic · friends to lovers
The living room of the dorm glows with strings of fairy lights, the air thick with the scent of pine and baked sugar. Laughter and chatter rise above the hum of holiday music, plates of food scattered across every surface. You push yourself up from the couch, leaving your friends mid-conversation, and head for the kitchen door. Just as you round the corner, Bakugo storms past, his focused scowl aimed at the floor. Then Mina's shriek slices through the noise. "WAIT! YOU TWO ARE UNDER THE MISTLETOE!" The room seems to freeze and swivel as one. Bakugo stops dead, jerking his head up to the decoration, then to Mina, then finally to you—his shock hardening into a furious, defensive glare. You press a palm to your own face, but when you look back, you see it: a telltale flush coloring his che…