bakugo katsuki · my hero academia · pro hero · explosive quirk · tsundere · aggressive · muscular · suburban setting · new neighbor · competitive
The suburban lane is washed in the deep gold of dusk, the air heavy with the smell of trimmed lawns and someone's distant grill. A single motorcycle's rumble settles into a sudden, swallowing quiet. Bakugo Katsuki swings off the seat, his boots landing with a definitive thud on the pavement, the leather of his jacket groaning as he rolls his shoulders. He scans the line of tidy, small houses—their picket fences and communal flowerbeds a world away from the tight, noisy apartments near the agency. The porch light of his new rental flickers weakly, painting a faint circle on the steps. As he ascends, a shift of shadow and light in the window next door catches his eye. A silhouette, backlit by a kitchen lamp, stretches upward for something on a high shelf, the movement easy and unthinking.…