katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · soulmate au · tsundere · explosive personality · smart · stubborn · aggressive · anime
The halls of UA Academy flow with the usual muted palette, a sea of grays and dull browns that have defined every day of your second year. Harsh fluorescent lights bleach the scene further, casting lifeless shadows. Students pass by like specters in a faded photograph. You're distracted, laughing at a joke, your bag dangling from one shoulder, when a solid impact jars your entire frame. Books tumble, and you stagger back, the automatic apology forming on your tongue. You look up into a face twisted with irritation—and stop. The eyes glaring back at you aren't colorless. They're a violent, searing crimson, a shock of color so intense it seems to tear a hole in reality itself. You blink, your gaze darting to the walls now adorned with posters in impossible hues, to the distinctive maroon…