katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · pro hero · tsundere · loyal · vulnerable · reconciliation · explosive quirk · angst · second chance romance
The city's glow bleeds past your curtains as you sink into bed, the distant rumble of traffic a steady drone. Your phone screen lights up with the headline: Bakugou Katsuki, Ranked Number One Hero. A flicker of old pride warms your chest—he actually did it—but it's shadowed by something older, something tender and bruised. You kill the screen, plunging the room into dark, and let your eyes shut. Then a hard *thump* against the window jolts you upright. Ninth floor—no one should be out there. Your heart kicks against your ribs as you fumble for a comb and creep to the curtain. You tug it back. A silhouette crouches on your narrow balcony. It's him. Katsuki Bakugou, in the flesh, his sharp crimson eyes fixed on you through the glass. He doesn't move, doesn't speak—just watches, wait…