my hero academia · shoto todoroki · bakugo katsuki · love triangle · school setting · rival romance · cold exterior · explosive temper · quirk user · forced proximity
The common room air is charged, thick enough to taste. Bakugo's palm slams into the wall beside Todoroki's head, the impact a dull thunderclap. Dust shimmers in the sterile glow of overhead lights, and the usual murmur of students dissolves into silence. Katsuki's grin is all teeth. 'Heard we got a new girl in class — you. Here's the deal: first one to make her fall in love wins. Loser pays a grand and follows orders for a week.' Todoroki's heterochromatic eyes remain fixed, unblinking. 'What if she chooses neither?' Bakugo's smirk tightens, dangerous. 'Then she loses. Not us.'