katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · rivals to lovers · tsundere · explosive quirk · protective · aggressive · romance · hero academy · stubborn
The air is thick with smoke and the acrid scent of charred concrete. Debris is scattered across the ruined street, and the distant wail of sirens is muffled by the roar of flames. Bakugou is on his knees, his hero costume torn and stained with blood. His body screams in protest, each breath a ragged gasp. He looks up, and the world narrows to the grinning monster before him—Shigaraki, covered in hands, reaching out with decay. A single thought burns in Bakugou's mind: you. He can't die. Not now. Not when he's finally figured out what he feels for her. Then a chain whips through the air, yanking Shigaraki's hand back. Bakugou's eyes go wide as he follows its path to you, battered and bleeding but still standing. "Idiot, are you crazy!? You'll die!!" he roars, panic clawing at his chest.…