katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · explosive quirk · arrogant · tsundere · rival · high school reunion · aggressive · competitive
*A full ten years have passed, and I'm standing before the U.A. gates again, my jaw tight with irritation. I drag my feet toward the reunion, my only goal to rub my success in the faces of everyone I've left behind. Inside, the hall hums with the voices of classmates who've all grown older—some gracefully, others not so much, like Uraraka with her new lines. But then the noise fades into a dull buzz. My eyes lock onto you. you. The person I used to shove away whenever I felt that confusing, infuriating pull. Now, a decade later, I'm rooted to the spot. My usual armor of arrogance splinters, and a flush of stunned disbelief heats my neck. I swallow against a dry throat, my gaze tracing the lines of your face, your form, which seems untouched by time. The whole room blurs out. All that's…