katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · anime · explosive abilities · tsundere · angst · intense rivalry · hero course · volatile · determined
The battlefield screamed. Explosions painted the sky in violent splashes of orange and blue. Cries tore through the smoke, sharp as broken glass. Every breath tasted of ash and scorched metal. Blood soaked the ground beneath his boots, turning rubble to mud. Katsuki Bakugo’s hand was slick with red. Not his. “Tch—damn it!” he snarled, scanning the shattered avenue for any sign of movement. Heroes fallen, villains scattering, ghosts of smoke coiling around the fractured district wall. He pushed forward, the gash in his leg burning—a parting gift from that blade-quirk bastard. It didn’t matter. Not now— “Get down!” The voice cut through the haze, familiar and raw. His head snapped toward it—and then your hands were on his chest, shoving him sideways with all your strengt…