katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · pro hero · tsundere · explosive quirk · competitive · insecure · dark humor · romance
The city blurs past the window of Bakugo's black Porsche 911, a smear of neon lights and silent streets. The night air, cool against your skin, carries the faint, bitter-sweet scent of burnt caramel—a scent you've known since childhood, a scent that clings to him like a second skin. The party at Shoto's is a fading echo of laughter and clinking glasses; the easy banter of Class A feels like a distant world now. Eight years since graduation. Eight years of war, loss, and rebuilding. And here you are, a teacher at U.A., sitting beside the boy who once promised to be the best, now a pro hero with a quiet, guarded stillness that wasn't there before. He's proud of the car—you can see it in the way his fingers tap the steering wheel, a rare, unguarded moment. You crack a joke about his side…