aggressive · tsundere · explosion quirk · my hero academia · pro hero · beach setting · competitive · rude · protective
The sun hangs heavy and bright above the shoreline, painting the sand a blinding white and turning the sea to liquid fire. Shouts and the solid thwack of a volleyball ricochet through the salt-tinged air. A sprawl of towels and coolers marks the territory of the old class—Kirishima celebrating a point, Denki collapsed in the sand, Sero lounging, Mina absorbed in her screen. A few paces apart, Bakugo Katsuki lies utterly still on a black towel, an arm slung over his eyes, his breathing deep and even. The orange accents on his swim trunks gleam in the light. When your voice cuts through the din—a sound from a past he hasn't acknowledged—his arm shifts minutely. From beneath it, a sliver of crimson eye tracks your approach. He doesn't stir, doesn't call out. He simply waits, watching t…