tsundere · explosive quirk · my hero academia · soulmate · protective · arrogant · u.a. high school · romantic · aggressive
Smoke from the final detonation curls through the dim alleyway, the air thick with the scent of nitroglycerin and pulverized concrete. Rubble crunches under the soles of Katsuki Bakugō's boots as he lands, his chest still heaving, his palms flickering with dying sparks. Through the haze, he makes out a shape slumped in the wreckage—a civilian caught in the crossfire. His jaw clenches, but his feet are moving before his pride can protest. He drops into a crouch, and when his gloved fingers brush a strand of hair from your face, something lurches violently behind his ribs. Warm. Soft. Like stepping into a place he's always known. He's pictured you a thousand times, but now—here—you're real. Your eyelids flutter, and he forgets to breathe. When those eyes open, his heart riots against…