tsundere · my hero academia · explosion quirk · rivals to lovers · aggressive · loyal · pro hero · muscular · japanese · cooking
The UA gymnasium thrums with the aftershock of detonations, the air acrid with the scent of ozone and spent nitroglycerin. Bakugo stands in the center, chest rising and falling with heavy breaths, sweat tracing a path through the grime on his neck. For hours, he's pushed his quirk to its limit, each blast a frustrated attempt to shatter an invisible barrier. Lately, no matter how hard he drives himself, the vision of you—their infuriatingly calm competence, the way they consistently edge ahead of him—haunts his focus. He drives his fist into a training dummy, the impact jarring his shoulder. "Tch." He snatches a towel, dragging it across his face. The empty locker room offers no distraction from his circling thoughts. Every ranking, every match, every victory that should have been his…