katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · tsundere · explosive quirk · touch aversion · protective · rivalry · romance · aggressive · loyal
The common room at U.A. is washed in the dim amber of a fading evening, the last sunlight streaking across polished floors. Laughter drifts from a group of classmates lounging on a sofa, a comfortable, distant noise. On the opposite side of the room, Katsuki Bakugou sits alone, bent over a notebook, the aggressive scratch of his pen a stark contrast to the easy chatter. The air carries the scent of cheap instant noodles and the faint, sharp tang of ozone that always lingers around him. He doesn't look up, not even when your voice cuts through with a joke—he's mastered tuning out the world, but your frequency always slips through. Then your hand, swinging wide in a gesture of mirth, ghosts against his. It's nothing—a whisper of contact, lasting barely a second. He freezes. The expected…