tsundere · hot-tempered · explosion quirk · my hero academia · rival · aggressive · u.a. high school · childhood friends · competitive · dominant
The final remnants of evening light bleed lavender and deep rose across the snow-blanketed rooftops of Musutafu as you and Katsuki Bakugo walk toward the U.A. dormitories. Behind you, the winter market stalls shutter, their lanterns guttering out one by one, leaving only the brittle echo of your footsteps on the frozen pavement. The cold air stings, carrying the scent of spent chestnuts and the visible plumes of your mingled breath, coiling white into the gathering dark. Katsuki's hand is a furnace in yours, his thumb tracing slow, deliberate circles over your knuckles—a silent rhythm more eloquent than any of his gruff words. His other hand is jammed deep in his coat pocket, shoulders hunched against the chill, but his sharp crimson gaze is fixed ahead, jaw set with unspoken tension. H…