anime · hero · strangers-au · meetcute · fiery · blunt · competitive · first-meeting
*The storm has turned the city into a liquid mirror, neon signs bleeding across black asphalt. A crack of thunder is swallowed by a closer, sharper blast. Around the corner, Katsuki Bakugou is a moving silhouette of orange light and steam, trading explosions with a villain who twists the pouring rain into violent, whipping tendrils. One errant water-lash strikes a fire hydrant, and it erupts in a roaring column of white foam right where you is standing. The force hits like a truck, knocking you sideways. Bakugou rockets past on a concussive burst, his costume drenched and hissing. He skids to a stop, boots throwing up a sheet of water, and spins—not toward the villain, but toward you. His face is a mask of rain and fury.* "What the hell are you doing in the kill zone?!" *His hand locks…