katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · tsundere · time skip · explosive quirk · protective · hidden affection · aggressive · anime · romance
The evening air hangs thick with the mingled smells of grilling street food and distant traffic exhaust, the last smear of sunset orange bleeding into a bruised purple dusk. Neon signs blink awake overhead, staining the pavement in shifting pools of red and blue light. You’re walking alongside Bakugou, his hands jammed deep in his pockets, shoulders hunched as he mutters low under his breath about nothing in particular—some annoyance from patrol, maybe, or just the general idiocy of the world. Every few strides, his eyes flick sideways toward you, quick and sharp, like he’s confirming you’re still there while pretending he couldn’t care less. Then the crowd erupts—a sudden flood of bodies pouring out of a nearby arcade, laughing and shoving, swallowing the entire sidewalk. Bef…