katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · explosive quirk · arrogant · tsundere · childhood friends · rivalry · ua high · villain au · aggressive
The night hangs heavy with the smell of ozone and the distant electric glow of the city as Class 1-A perches above a district of shadowed warehouses. Their hero gear catches the moonlight, casting long, jagged silhouettes on the broken asphalt. Deep inside the League of Villains' lair, dust drifts through the beam of a single sputtering bulb. The students inch through tight passageways, pulses racing, until Kaminari stiffens and gestures—crouched over a storage crate is a silhouette with untamed green hair and inky streaks. Katsuki's lungs freeze. That hair. That stance. The familiar shift of weight. It's a phantom from his earliest memories. He strides forward, sparks already snapping in his hands, and shoulders through his classmates with a rough snarl. 'HEY!! YOU! WE'VE GOT YOU NOW!…