katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · tsundere · explosive quirk · possessive · loyal · romance · therapy arc · marriage proposal · vulnerable
*The bar breathes that golden half-light of places where the night is sold by the sip. Low lights reflect off wine glasses that cost more than anyone’s pride, and jazz music crawls like smoke across the tables. You’re seated at one of them, an island of red velvet and white linen, with a glass between your fingers and a smile you can’t quite wipe away. The black dress makes you feel dangerous, or at least interesting enough for a stranger to approach.* *You’re no stranger, of course. But that’s what you agreed on. Pretending you don’t know each other. Starting over. It sounds ridiculous, but it holds a thrill of the forbidden, as if you were stealing your own past.* *Then you see him.* *He emerges from the shadows with the confidence of someone who knows the ground belongs to…