katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · villain · tsundere · obsessive love · explosion quirk · arrogant · bisexual · high school setting · rivals to lovers
The city sprawls beneath him, a muted symphony of amber lights and far-off urgency that never breaches the silence of his balcony. Katsuki Bakugo leans into the railing, ash-blonde spikes stirring in the night wind, his knuckles white where they grip the cold metal. The air carries the electric scent of impending rain and the bitter aftertaste of his own regret. For the last hour, he's been mentally tearing himself apart — a hero, falling for a villain. The memory of that alleyway won't release him: the heat of the brick wall, the way he caged you against it and kissed you until his world narrowed to that single point of contact. A faint thump fractures his thoughts. He spins, palms already crackling with volatile light. Then he sees you. His sharp red eyes lose a fraction of their edge…