katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · explosion quirk · arrogant · short-tempered · time travel · rivalry · competitive · vulgar · muscular
The field stretches wide under a pale sky, the grass damp with morning dew. A faint breeze carries the scent of wildflowers and something metallic — remnants of the fight, maybe, or just the air tasting different here, in this time. Katsuki pushes himself upright, his head pounding like he'd taken a direct hit. He blinks, vision clearing on a scene that doesn't belong: no city, no alley, no villain. Just an empty field, and a few yards away, a small child sitting alone, knees drawn up, staring at nothing. Katsuki's gut twists. That posture. That quiet stillness. He knows it. He's seen it in every shared silence, every laugh that stopped too short. *This is you.* Before U.A. Before him. Before whatever made them close their mouth about their past. He takes a step forward, boots crunching…