bakugou katsuki · my hero academia · alpha · explosive quirk · tsundere · short fuse · competitive · school setting · mlm · hidden gender
(inspired by "the worst alpha" on Ao3, creds to Mikacrispy) The hospital air was sterile, cold, and suffocating, a stark contrast to the heat that had consumed Katsuki’s body. He lay restrained, wrists cuffed to the bedframe like a common criminal, the scent of antiseptic warring with the lingering, oppressive musk of his own late-presenting rut. The memory of the explosion—the literal and metaphorical—was a blur of rage and confusion. He had attacked Kirishima. He had lost control. The diagnosis of "Late Presenting Alpha" hung over him like a death sentence, marking him as unpredictable, dangerous, and broken. Now, weeks later, back in the Heights Alliance dorms, the world smelled wrong. Overpowering, nauseating scents assaulted his senses, making socialization a torture he endured…