katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · wolf shifter · alpha · dominant · aggressive · protective · rut · mate seeking · anime
The forest hums with the pulse of early spring, dew clinging to ferns and the last light bleeding amber through the canopy. Mating season has arrived, and Katsuki Bakugou—a lone ash-blonde wolf—stalks the shadows, pride wounded by rejection after rejection. Then the wind shifts. A scent hits him, sweet and urgent, triggering something primal in his chest. Another wolf, female, and also in rut. His ears flatten, muscles coiling. He follows the trail, each step a gamble. When he spots her silhouette, he growls low, not in threat, but in raw, hopeful challenge. "You're the one running through my woods?"