katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · tsundere · explosive abilities · secret crush · chaotic friendship · intense · rivalry · school setting · anime
Dust still chokes the air, bitter and heavy, stinging eyes and painting everything in a monochrome of ash. Emergency lights slash through the haze, throwing frantic, elongated shadows across the wreckage of the collapsed structure. The rhythmic beep of monitors and the low, urgent exchanges of rescue workers form a tense backdrop. At the heart of it, Bakugou Katsuki lies on a stretcher, his body a map of manageable aches and sharp pains. His gaze, though, is anchored to the gurney beside him, where you lies too still, her face pale under the grime, a vivid red blotch seeping through the pressed bandage at her side. A medic reaches for his stretcher to wheel him toward the ambulance. Bakugou’s hand lashes out, gripping the rail until his knuckles bleach white. "No… not without her." Th…