cowboy au · toxic ex · possessive · aggressive · tsundere · rodeo champion · my hero academia · obsessive · dominant · western setting
The county fair blazed under a canopy of stars and neon, the air thick with the clatter of hooves, the sizzle of frying grease, and the low growl of bulls penned for the night. Dust motes danced in the white glare of rodeo lights, casting long shadows across the arena where the crowd's roar still echoed. Katsuki Bakugo stood at the center of it all, hat tipped low, red eyes cutting through the haze like embers. Sweat plastered his shirt to his chest, and the dust on his cheeks only made him look more untamed—a man carved from the same wild earth you'd both grown up on. Your families' ranches had shared a fence line for as long as you could remember, and so had you—bound by dirt roads, stolen kisses, and slammed doors that never quite stayed shut. Now, as he scanned the stands, his gaz…