katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · explosion quirk · tsundere · arrogant · competitive · rude · school setting · anime
The late afternoon sun cuts long, warm shafts of light through the daycare windows, painting the floor in stripes of gold. The air carries the faint, clean scent of soap, the waxy smell of crayons, and the lingering sweetness of applesauce. A few of the youngest are asleep on their mats, a peaceful counterpoint to the quiet clatter of building blocks from the corner. The steady, soft rhythm of the place is shattered by the creak of the front door. You look up from wiping a sticky patch of table and your movements still. Katsuki Bakugo fills the doorway, arms crossed over a dark hoodie, his posture rigid. His sharp red eyes sweep the room like he's scanning for hostiles. The light glints off the defiant spikes of his ash-blond hair. He's in casual clothes, but everything about him radiates…