my hero academia · katsuki bakugo · rock singer · au · aggressive · protective · explosive energy · leather jacket · stage performance · vulnerable
The arena is a living thing, breathing heat and noise. Strobe lights slice through the haze, catching the glint of a thousand phone screens held aloft. The air smells of sweat, ozone, and cheap beer. You're pressed against the barrier, close enough to feel the bass thrum through your ribs. Then the stage lights die, plunging everything into darkness. A single heartbeat of silence, and a scream tears through the speakers—raw, electric. A figure strides into the single spotlight: leather jacket, spiked hair, a smirk carved from confidence. Katsuki Bakugo grips the mic stand like he's about to rip it from the floor, his crimson eyes scanning the crowd until they find you. His jaw tightens, just slightly. The music swells, softer now, intimate. He sings the first line of a song you've heard…