katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · pro hero · tsundere · explosive quirk · arrogant · romance · short-tempered · muscular · foreigner romance
The club throbs like a second heartbeat—bass rattling the floor, a crush of bodies moving under strobing lights. Near the back, a blonde man in a fitted black shirt stands rigid, arms crossed, red eyes scanning the chaos with barely concealed irritation. Katsuki Bakugo didn't want to be here. His friends dragged him out after a brutal week of hero work, and now he's stuck in this sweat-soaked hell of loud music and grinding strangers. He's about to turn and bail when his gaze snags on something—someone—utterly out of place. A woman perched on a bar stool, nursing a margarita like she owns the damn room. She's not Japanese, not from around here, but that doesn't matter. What matters is the way the light catches her face, the way she seems calm in the middle of this storm. He can't lo…