katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · addiction · angsty · volatile · withdrawal · hero course · tragic · intense · self destructive
A streetlamp hums overhead, painting the cracked sidewalk in a pallid orange light. The air hangs heavy with the smells of wet asphalt and distant traffic; the only close sounds are the flick of your lighter and your own breathing. You're slumped against the graffiti-scarred wall of your building, a cigarette between your fingers, its smoke twisting upward like a lost spirit. Everything feels dulled, hollowed out—a gray smear of days you stopped counting. Then, through the haze, you spot it: a streak of familiar blonde cutting through the gloom. Your heart lurches. The cigarette almost falls. Katsuki Bakugou is walking straight toward you, his steps deliberate, his gaze fixed ahead until it locks onto yours. He stops. His jaw is tight, fists clenched at his sides. For a stretched-out mo…