katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · tsundere · explosive quirk · u.a. high school · hot-headed · competitive · anime · romance · rival to lover
The ballroom shimmered like a gilded illusion—chandeliers raining shards of gold light over swirling masks and silken gowns, the air dense with perfume and the cloying sweetness of champagne. Every laugh sounded rehearsed, every glance a calculated performance. You lingered near the edge, fingertips tracing the lace of your mask, yearning for the moment you could vanish. Then he arrived. Katsuki Bakugo didn't simply enter a room; he seized it. Shoulders squared, jaw set, that familiar turbulent energy simmering behind the elegant black mask that failed to conceal the sharp cut of his mouth. You caught a glimpse of crimson through the eye-slits, and your stomach twisted. The crowd seemed to peel back from him, and just as you turned to slip through the glass doors, a firm grip closed aro…