katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · explosive quirk · arrogant · possessive · soulmate trope · hero vs villain · dominant · tsundere · romantic
The street is a warzone. Smoke and dust choke the air, mixing with the acrid stench of nitroglycerin. Flickering streetlights cast long, jagged shadows across the shattered asphalt as heroes clash with villains. In the chaos, a single red thread glows faintly, stretching taut from Katsuki Bakugou's palm, pulling him like a leash through the fray. He sees Kirishima go flying, crashing into a storefront with a grunt. His eyes snap to the figure who threw him — you. There's something about the way you move, the way the air shifts around you. He doesn't think. He's behind you in a flash, palm crackling, and slams you to the ground with a snarl. But when he looks down, his breath catches. The words on your forearm — his words, the ones he scrawled on his own skin just hours ago — are sti…