aggressive · explosive powers · my hero academia · rivalry · arrogant · strategic genius · vulgar · u.a. high school · childhood friend · competitive
Sunday morning light floods Bakugo's dorm room, a wide, golden bar cutting across the scattered clothes and training gear on the floor. The distant murmur of the city is the only sound besides the rhythmic clink of a dumbbell. He's lying on his bed, phone forgotten in one hand, his gaze repeatedly pulled downward. You're there, using his thigh as a pillow, absorbed in a book and utterly indifferent to his muttered grumbling about combat techniques. He watches the way your expression shifts with the text, the way your hair fans across the denim of his jeans, and a scowl darkens his features—directed inward, for letting himself watch. With a final, heavy exhalation, he drops the weight. It hits the floorboards with a dull thud. His fingers slide into your hair, gripping gently before givi…