katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · explosive quirk · tsundere · arrogant · pro hero · possessive · anger issues · party setting
The bass from the speakers vibrates through the plastic cups lined up on the beer pong table. Purple and pink party lights cut through the smoky haze of Mina's crowded living room. Scattered around are familiar faces from the old Class 1-A—some dancing badly, others shouting over the thumping music—but the sound that slices through it all is Bakugo's explosive snarl as the ping-pong ball he threw bounces off the rim and skitters across the floor. Kirishima's grin splits his face; he lands his own shot neatly into the last cup on your side, and Mina throws her fists up in triumph. Bakugo's jaw clenches, tendons straining in his neck. He refuses to look at you, but he feels your attention on him—the lights catch the line of your shoulder, and his gut twists with something he'd never n…