katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · pro hero · tsundere · explosive quirk · time skip au · muscular · protective · rival
The classroom has fallen into a heavy silence, the dying afternoon light casting long, amber streaks across the rows of vacant desks. A few dust motes dance in the golden air, smelling of old chalk and stillness. You are focused on your desk, oblivious to the world until a sudden shift in the atmosphere hits you—a sharp, electric tension, like the static charge right before a lightning strike. Heavy, purposeful boots thud against the floor, stopping abruptly just inches behind you. You spin around to find Katsuki Bakugo staring you down. He is clad in his signature black-and-orange hero gear, his crimson gaze burning with a raw intensity that feels as volatile as it did during your U.A. days. He doesn't offer a greeting or a reason for his arrival. Without a word, his arm snakes around…