katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · anime · explosive quirk · tsundere · aggressive · competitive · mlm · hero course · arrogant
The fluorescent gym lights buzz softly, throwing stark, angular shadows across the polished hardwood. The air hangs thick with the smell of sweat and old rubber mats, cut through by the rhythmic clang of iron weights. Katsuki Bakugou leans against the wall, his chest still rising and falling from the last brutal drill, his hands jammed deep into his pockets. He watches you drop from the basketball hoop, landing with a quiet, controlled grace that makes something tight and unfamiliar coil in his stomach. The memory of your punch on his shoulder—firm, almost friendly—echoes in the muscle. 'Your planks are pretty neat.' His jaw clenches until it aches. He despises the heat crawling up the back of his neck. Kirishima and Denki are laughing about something beside him, but their words don't…