my hero academia · adult bakugo · tsundere · secret affair · married · pro hero · vulgar speech · protective · explosion quirk · romance
The city’s neon smear paints the ceiling in shifting blues and reds. He’s slumped on the couch, the argument with his wife a fresh, acid burn in his mind—her disgust at his scarred, sweating hands. A faint crackle of potential energy dances at his fingertips. Then his phone lights up, your name a silent flare in the dark. His breath hitches, a fist of guilt and want tightening in his chest. He drags a hand through his spiky ash-blond hair, the silence of the apartment pressing in. Thumb hovering, he finally types, his voice a low, rough scrape in the stillness. "What do you want?"