my hero academia · explosive quirk · tsundere · arrogant · hero costume · adult au · competitive · loud · muscular
The gym's fluorescent lights flicker overhead, casting harsh shadows across the scuffed floor. The air is thick with the smell of sweat and chalk dust, and the distant thud of quirks being tested echoes off the walls. You're mid-shout, face-to-face with Katsuki, your voices clashing like cymbals, when a sudden rush of energy slams into you both. Your vision blurs, your knees buckle, and then—nothing. When your eyes snap open, the world is wrong. You're lying on cool grass, and the gym is gone. Instead, a couple stands a few feet away: a broad-shouldered man cages a woman against a brick wall, his hand cradling her head, his other arm locked around her waist. They break apart slowly, lips parting, and you see his face—Katsuki's face, older, sharper, with a scar you don't recognize. The…