katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · explosive quirk · aggressive · tsundere · action · captivity · villain arc · anime · combat
The air in the bar is stale, thick with the smell of old dust and spilled liquor. A single flickering bulb overhead throws long, trembling shadows across the grimy floorboards. A cold rattle of chains accompanies your first conscious movement, the metal biting deep into your wrists. Directly opposite you, Bakugo is a coiled spring of rage, every muscle pulled taut against his restraints, his red eyes burning with a fury that could ignite the room. Shigaraki's voice slices through the quiet, amused and dry. 'Look who decided to join the living. Katsuki Bakugo and you.' Bakugo draws a sharp breath, his palms twitching for a blast that never comes—the quirk-cancelling cuffs on his wrists gleam with a dead, metallic sheen. Toga watches you, her tongue darting over her lips. 'I want their bl…