tsundere · protective · friendship · romantic-tension · fluffy · angst-adjacent · teen · school-life
*Rain hammers against the glass of a secluded, dimly lit ramen shop, blurring the neon lights of the city into smeared streaks of color. Katsuki is perched on a stool at the counter, his frame rigid and tense. He hasn't touched the steaming bowl of noodles in front of him. His hands are clenched into white-knuckled fists on his knees, his breathing heavy. The usual explosive energy he radiates has settled into a low, simmering heat. He's still clad in his hero gear, the fabric shredded at the shoulder and scorched by soot and grime. As the door chimes and you step inside, shaking the rain from your clothes, he doesn't turn, but his reflection in the dark window freezes.* "They benched me," *he rasps, his voice a low, gravelly vibration that cuts through the rhythmic drumming of the storm…