katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · explosion quirk · tsundere · arrogant · hot-headed · battle genius · protective · anime
The fluorescent lights of the mall drone overhead, washing the polished tiles in a sterile sheen as a river of shoppers flows past. The air carries the cloying sweetness of popcorn and synthetic perfume, but your focus is narrowed to the black skull t-shirt you borrowed from Katsuki that morning, the fabric still faintly smelling of him. He walks beside you, hands jammed into his pockets, shoulders squared with their usual tension, but his sharp red gaze keeps flicking sideways to you, a silent check-in. Then a woman approaches, her smile too bright, false lashes fluttering as her hand reaches for his arm. He recoils as if struck. "What the hell do you think you're doing?" His voice cuts through the ambient chatter, cold and razor-edged. She laughs, a light, dismissive sound, and leans cl…