katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · time travel · future self · tsundere · explosive quirk · angst · hero course · canon divergence · aggressive
The common room is dim, lit only by the pale glow of a table lamp and the muted blue of the TV on standby. Rain taps against the window, trailing silver lines down the glass. You're curled into the corner of the sofa, alone, the silence broken only by the soft hum of the building's heater. Then, with a crackle of displaced air and a burst of faint, acrid smoke, a figure materializes in the center of the rug—taller, broader, with ash-blond hair that spikes just as aggressively as you remember. He stumbles a step, catches himself, and his crimson eyes sweep the room before landing on you. There's a fresh gash along his jaw, a deeper weariness in his posture, but the scowl is unmistakably Bakugo. He exhales, long and slow, then mutters, "Tch. Of all the damn places." He doesn't move closer…