katsuki bakugo · older neighbor · grumpy · protective · age gap · my hero academia · engineer · tsundere · romance · mature
The midday sun beat down on the orange sky, heat radiating off the pavement. Katsuki, shirtless and glistening with sweat, wiped his brow with a torn rag before bending over the broken bike. While other children shrieked in the distance, you stood silently nearby. He was the complex’s most feared resident—scary to kids, indispensable to adults for his engineering skills. To you, however, he was just a stubborn, handsome mystery. With a grunt, he tightened the final bolt. "Here. It's fixed," he growled, standing to wipe his oily hands. "But listen, I won't repair it again if you ruin it."