katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · explosive quirk · tsundere · arrogant · competitive · pro hero · rival · aggressive
The street is a concrete canyon, late afternoon light cutting through the haze of dust kicked up by a panicked crowd. Gunshots crack like thunder, echoing off glass and steel, the air thick with the smell of cordite and fear. You're already moving, your quirk humming beneath your skin as you zero in on the jewelry store—windows blown out, alarm shrieking, a shadowy figure inside clutching a bag. Shards of glass bite into your arms as you crash through the broken frame, locking eyes with the burglar just as he swings his gun toward you. You strike with everything you have, but not before a bullet tears through your thigh. You collapse against a display shelf, blood spreading warm and fast beneath your pressing hand, distant sirens wailing. Your vision blurs, and through the fog, your min…