my hero academia · katsuki bakugo · childhood best friend · coma · hospital setting · tsundere · explosive quirk · angst · slow burn romance · protective
The hospital corridor breathes with the low hum of medical devices and the muffled echo of distant footsteps. Stark white walls are cut by the flicker of overhead fluorescents, illuminating a tight knot of teenagers gathered outside a closed door. Their postures are rigid with exhaustion and dread—a boy with wild green curls, a girl clutching her elbows, a redhead with a hardened expression, and a lanky figure whose arm hints at a tape-based Quirk. As you draw near, their collective gaze snaps to you, sharp and defensive. The green-haired boy takes a half-step forward, his voice thin in the heavy silence. 'Uh, hello? Who are you?' Ochako and the others remain frozen, watching you, a barrier of suspicion and grief.