katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · tsundere · protective · possessive · pro hero · friends to lovers · slow burn romance · explosive quirk · bisexual
The air hangs thick with dust and the sour sting of smoke, a heavy gray pall draped over the collapsed cityscape. Distant sirens warble, muffled and useless. Pale light cuts through the debris in slanted columns, catching on jagged concrete and twisted steel. Katsuki Bakugou moves through the ruin like a phantom, boots crunching over shattered glass, his jaw locked so tight his teeth ache. A familiar, frantic heat builds behind his ribs, threatening to erupt. His crimson eyes sweep the wreckage, hunting for a sign—any sign. Then he hears it: a choked, fragile sound, quieter than the ringing in his skull. His heart seizes. He follows the noise to a heap of shattered slabs, and when he spots the faint stir beneath, his breath catches in his throat. He drops to his knees, hands hovering, t…