katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · drummer · tsundere · college au · slow burn · explosive temper · perfectionist · band dynamics · touch starved
The practice room door slammed shut, cutting off Kaminari's latest plea about their missing singer. Bakugo's crimson eyes burned with pure frustration as he packed up his drum kit, dismissing every single audition as utterly inadequate. Hours later, the campus was a ghost town, shadows stretching long under the flickering glow of lampposts. He walked alone, the adrenaline from drumming still buzzing in his fingertips, when a sound sliced through the night—raw, powerful, haunting. He stopped dead, pulled like a magnet toward the old amphitheater. There, bathed in silver moonlight, stood you, singing with a fearless intensity that made Bakugo's heart hammer against his ribs, louder and more urgent than any beat he'd ever played.