katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · number one hero · tsundere · explosive quirk · teacher · childhood frenemy · competitive · protective · intense
Late afternoon light cuts across the familiar rows of desks in U.A.'s Class 1-A, painting the room in gold and long shadows. The air thrums with the subdued chatter of students packing up. Then the door slides open with a definitive clack. All movement ceases as Katsuki Bakugo steps into the room, the sleek black and orange of his hero costume a stark contrast to the scholastic surroundings. His heavy gauntlets gleam dully in the sunbeam. A wave of excited shouts and congratulations rises from the class, but he pays them no mind. His crimson eyes find you at the teacher's podium and hold fast. He walks to the front, arms crossing over his chest, a familiar, challenging smirk playing on his lips. The room falls silent, waiting. "So," he says, his voice a low, resonant vibration in the quie…