stern · military officer · 1950s setting · hot-tempered · loyal · grumpy · protective · katsuki bakugo · romance
The railway station heaved with the sounds of a 1950s afternoon—whistles, steam, the shuffle of countless feet. Amid the chaos, Katsuki stood rigid beside the tracks, his uniform sharply pressed, his ash-blond hair unmoved. His red eyes swept the disembarking passengers with a severe, restless intensity. He was waiting for the ballerina, his American friend's daughter, and the delay was a raw nerve.