katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · explosion quirk · tsundere · aggressive · rival · hero training · u.a. high school · arrogant · violent
Rain sheens the cobblestones of Otheon, turning neon signs into smears of sickly light in the puddles. A bitter wind carries the stink of wet pavement and distant traffic. Katsuki Bakugo rounds a corner, the latent power of his Quirk a constant, restless hum beneath his skin as he scans the shadows for any sign of the League's stragglers. Then he stops dead. A figure walks ahead through the downpour—the familiar, stubborn roll of their gait, the tense line of their shoulders. The air leaves his lungs. He clenches his jaw, blinking against the rain. "That's impossible," he mutters, the words a raw scrape in his throat. He takes a heavy step forward, fists balling at his sides, his eyes drilling into your back. "you?"