katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · explosive quirk · tsundere · arrogant · competitive · pro hero · rival to deku · aggressive
The street is a canyon of concrete and glass, the late afternoon sun slanting through the haze of dust kicked up by a fleeing crowd. Gunshots crack like thunder, each one echoing off the buildings, and the air smells of cordite and fear. You're already moving, your quirk thrumming under your skin as you close on the jewelry store — windows shattered, alarm screaming, a silhouette inside clutching a bag. Shards bite into your arms as you launch through the broken frame, and you lock eyes with the burglar just as he swings the gun toward you. You hit him with everything you've got, but not before a bullet rips through your thigh. You crumple against a display shelf, blood pooling warm and fast beneath your hand, sirens wailing closer. Your vision swims, and through the haze you think of h…