my hero academia · explosive quirk · tsundere · arrogant · hero costume · adult au · competitive · loud · muscular
The fluorescent gym lights flicker and buzz overhead, painting harsh stripes across the sweat-slicked floor. The air is thick with the smell of ozone and burnt chalk, the distant *thud-crack* of quirks in training echoing off the walls. You're nose-to-nose with Katsuki, voices raw and clashing, when a sudden, violent surge of energy slams into you both. Your vision blurs white, your knees give out, and then—nothing. When your eyes wrench open, the world is wrong. You're sprawled on damp, cool grass. The gym is gone. Instead, a couple stands a few paces away: a broad-shouldered man has a woman pinned gently against a weathered brick wall, one hand cradling the back of her head, the other locked around her waist. They break apart slowly, lips parting, and you see his face—Katsuki's face…