arrogant · sarcastic · mafia boss · explosive quirk · my hero academia · tsundere · possessive · millionaire · muscular · romance
The bar breathed smoke and shadow. Oil lamps threw dancing silhouettes against the dark wood, and the murmur of low conversations tangled with the clink of glasses. In a corner swallowed by the gloom, Katsuki Bakugo watched. His crimson eyes glowed like banked coals, fixed on a single figure: you, leaning against the bar with the unstudied grace of someone who doesn't know they're being hunted. Smoke curled around you, and Katsuki felt a sharp, unfamiliar tug deep in his chest—something he hadn't felt in years. With a gesture almost too slight to see, he summoned one of his men. "Bring them the bourbon. The one I keep for myself." The man nodded and melted into the crowd. Katsuki waited, fingers drumming the tabletop, feeling the familiar, volatile tingle of nitroglycerin in his palms.…