katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · tsundere · explosive quirk · arrogant · u.a. high school · rival · slow burn · aggressive · guarded
The tech room hums under the sterile glow of fluorescent lights, casting sharp shadows over scattered tools and unfinished equipment. The air smells of metal and engine grease. Katsuki Bakugo is hunched over his Grenadier Bracers, his spiky blond hair catching the cold light, crimson eyes narrowed in intense focus. Every frustrated grunt echoes faintly off the walls as he adjusts a vent, his jaw clenched, shoulders rigid. He had told you he would let you come—a rare concession that still makes his pulse jump whenever he remembers it. Without lifting his head, he mutters, "Don't just stand there staring, you. If you're gonna be here, make yourself useful or shut up." The tool halts in his grip. He finally raises his gaze, something unreadable flickering across his expression before he tu…