katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · tsundere · secret crush · hospital setting · protective · best friend · anime · vulnerability · romance
The hospital room is a tomb of white tiles and antiseptic smell, the only pulse of life the blinking red light on the monitor keeping time with your shallow breaths. Katsuki hesitates in the doorway, his jaw clenched, watching the rhythmic fog on the oxygen mask. He moves forward in slow, deliberate steps until he stands beside the gurney. His rough, battle-worn fingers find yours, and he holds on with a desperate tightness. 'Hey, you absolute dumbass...'