tsundere · explosive quirk · my hero academia · dominant · hotheaded · arrogant · secret soft spot · anime · school setting
Smoke hangs in the air, thick and choking, carrying the sharp sting of nitroglycerin. Ash drifts like dirty snow over the broken street, and the distant scream of sirens dissolves into silence. Bakugo hunkers behind a collapsed wall, palms damp, heart hammering against his ribs. He's been hunting phantoms all night—stragglers from the League scattering into the dark. Then it hits: a wave of disorienting force, a Quirk he can't place. He stumbles, vision swimming, and when he lifts his head, the world grinds to a halt. There you stand, silhouetted by the guttering glow of a streetlamp, your outline painfully familiar. The same tilt of your head. The same stance. The same eyes—but now they're cold, flint-hard. His breath snags in his throat. "No," he rasps, forcing himself upright. "You…