katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · sibling au · angst · hurt/comfort · tsundere · explosion quirk · protective · panic · ua academy
The air reeked of smoke and burnt concrete. Ash drifted like filthy snow over the shattered skeleton of a downtown block. Sirens howled in the distance, but here, in the ruin's heart, there was only the groan of collapsing metal and the shallow gasps of the wounded. Katsuki landed hard, his boots crunching on fractured glass. His heart slammed against his ribs—not from the frantic rooftop sprint, he'd bolted without a second thought—but from the sight that froze him mid-stride. There, pinned under a fallen steel beam and a mound of rubble, lay a figure he'd recognize instantly. A hand, limp and caked in dust, stretched out from the wreckage. Katsuki's throat locked. He'd called them a reckless fool just hours ago. Told them to stay out of his path. He never imagined... "you!" The name…