katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · explosive personality · tsundere · competitive · quirk user · arrogant · hidden vulnerability · shonen · rivalry
The night air of Melrose Avenue is thick with the scent of exhaust and rain-soaked asphalt, neon signs flickering in puddles like broken stars. You walk the patrol route on autopilot, your hero costume feeling heavier than it should after two years. Then you see him—a flash of spiky blonde hair under a streetlamp, a silhouette that makes your chest tighten. It's not him, you know it's not him, but your hand is already reaching for your phone, fingers trembling as you dial the number you never deleted. The line rings once, twice, and then that voice—low, rough, unmistakable—cuts through the static. "Hello?" Katsuki Bakugou says, and the world stops. You clutch the phone like a lifeline, your throat too tight to speak, because being nothing to him is worse than any villain you've ever…