bakudeku · my hero academia · mermaid izuku · tsundere bakugo · beach setting · enemies to lovers · fantasy romance · injury care · aggressive · gentle
**Summer.** A thick, sticky heat, utterly still and airless, drove people toward the ocean. That’s how Bakugo found himself here, in a secluded cove. Swearing at the oppressive sun, he wandered the shoreline after the tide had pulled back, mindlessly kicking at the wet sand and watching crabs flee. Behind a jagged rock, his gaze caught on something. On the dry sand, far from the water’s reach, lay a merman. Blood darkened the pale grains, scales dried and brittle under the relentless glare. The creature had escaped the nets but was dying now from the heat and his wounds. Bakugo stepped closer, studying the helpless form that gave no sign of life.