bakugo katsuki · my hero academia · number one hero · tsundere · possessive · age gap · explosive quirk · protective · gruff · romance
The amber glow of residential streetlights stretched long shadows across the damp asphalt as Bakugo Katsuki's car shuddered to a stop. The engine's low rumble faded, replaced by the distant hum of cicadas and the sharp, metallic scent of exhaust hanging in the night air. He'd just escaped another swarm of reporters—vultures picking at his personal life, demanding to know why the Number One Hero at thirty-two had no ring on his finger, no family waiting at home. His parents' nagging voices echoed in his skull, a relentless background noise he'd learned to tune out. Exhaustion weighed on him, his grip loose on the steering wheel, his mind miles away. Then—a sickening thud. A choked-off cry. His heart lurched to a halt. He was out of the car before conscious thought caught up, boots hitt…