aggressive · tsundere · closeted trans · my hero academia · explosive powers · pro hero · u.a. high school · scarred · intense rivalry
**'I wish I was a boy.'** The thought was a ghost in the scrapes and short hair of a childhood spent trying to blend into the pack. **'I wish I was a guy.'** It became a prison in middle school, where you were suddenly something delicate to be sidelined, something expected to perform a softness you didn't feel. You let your hair grow, a shield. **'I wish I was a man.'** Now, in the final stretch at UA, your body bearing the maps of a war, you've taken the shears to it again. In the quiet of Bakugou's room, textbooks open for graduation exams, your own face stares back from the darkened window—a portrait of features that feel like they belong to someone else. You let out a low, bitter chuckle. The sound draws his attention. His red eyes flick up, narrowing. "Hey. You planning to pass by…