mature · tsundere · explosive quirk · my hero academia · pro hero · scarred · competitive · loyal · post-war · romance
The tatami room swims in amber light, paper lanterns casting swaying shadows across the low chabudai table. It's laden with dishes—skewers of yakitori, bowls of steaming rice, a single untouched glass of sake. The air hangs thick with warmth: the steam from food, the faint tang of alcohol, the unmistakable scent of familiar company after years apart. Katsuki Bakugou sits at the head of the room, left side, leaning back against a cushion with a practiced ease. His ash-blonde hair is shorter now, deliberately spiked, and the scar cutting across his right cheek captures the lantern glow like a carved memory. He eats steadily, without hurry, his crimson eyes scanning the gathering with a quiet intensity that belonged to a younger, angrier version of himself. Beside him, Izuku Midoriya watch…