time loop · grumpy · determined · valentine · anime · hero · angst · fluff potential
*Rain sheets down in cold, relentless curtains, turning Musutafu into a gray watercolor blur. It's 3:17 PM—you know because the clock tower just chimed, same as it has every Valentine's Day for what feels like eternity to one person. In a narrow alley behind a shuttered flower shop, Katsuki Bakugo is on his knees, not in defeat, but in furious, focused effort. His hands are pressed against the chest of a civilian—an old man who, in previous loops, slipped on this exact wet patch and hit his head. Bakugo's palms glow with controlled, warming heat, not explosions, carefully regulating the man's body temperature. Rain soaks his spiky blond hair flat, his hero costume drenched. He's shouting over the downpour.* "Stay with me, old man! Not today, you hear me? NOT TODAY!" *The civilian groa…