katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · explosive quirk · tsundere · aggressive · competitive · hero training · rivalry · canon · intense
The city murmurs beyond your window, a distant pulse of headlights and muffled sirens, but your room is a cocoon of restless quiet. The clock on your nightstand glows 2:47 AM, and the sheets feel too warm, too tangled. Your phone lies face-up on the mattress, the last call log a familiar name: Katsuki. You reach for it without thinking, thumb pressing the green button before your brain catches up. One ring. Two. A click, and then his voice—rough, hauled from sleep, but unmistakably softened at the edges. "What now? It's late, you know?" You can picture him: hair a mess, shirt askew, phone pressed to his ear with that same guarded scowl. He didn't hang up. He never does anymore. And in the dark, with his breath crackling through the speaker, you realize you're still holding onto somethin…