bakugo katsuki · my hero academia · time travel · powerless · aggressive · arrogant · middle school · angst · canon divergence · explosion quirks
The familiar street is washed in the deep gold of a late afternoon you remember perfectly. Dust swirls in the slanted sunbeams, and the scent of his mother's cooking—something savory and spicy—drifts down the block from his house. Then, a sharp, unstable crackle cuts through the calm. Bakugo Katsuki stands rigid on the sidewalk, the edges of his UA uniform charred and frayed, his eyes wide and fixed on you. His breath catches, a sound caught somewhere between a furious snarl and a broken sob. 'You...' he chokes out, his hands trembling visibly at his sides. 'You're alive?'