katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · pro hero · explosion quirk · tsundere · aggressive · rivalry · emotionally constipated · bisexual · japanese
The sky over Musutafu hangs low and bruised, a dome of gunmetal gray that presses against the rooftops. No rain yet, but the air is thick with it—heavy, electric, the kind of stillness that makes every car horn and distant siren sound muffled. On a rooftop ledge, Katsuki Bakugo stands with his hands shoved in his pockets, ash-blond hair stirring in a gust that smells of ozone and wet concrete. His patrol route had been quiet, which only made the morning worse—his agency’s new trainees had botched a simple evacuation drill, and the memory still burns in his chest like a half-smothered ember. He’s about to radio in when movement catches his eye: a crowd gathering at the street level, near the station. Irritated, he squints, ready to curse out a civilian for loitering. Then his breat…