competitive · driven · angst · protective · temperamental · hero · anime · anypov
The city drowns under a torrential downpour, neon signs bleeding into shimmering rivers on the asphalt. Katsuki stands silhouetted on a rooftop ledge, rain sheeting off the reinforced plates of his hero suit. Below, emergency lights fracture the darkness around a tangle of wrecked vehicles, trapped figures, and the ominous hiss of a ruptured gas line. He's been holding the scene together solo for twenty minutes, his voice a clipped, commanding static over the comms. Your arrival as backup doesn't make him turn, but the line of his shoulders tightens. "About time. Listen—the gas line's fucked near the blue sedan. I've ringed the blast zone, but it's a hair trigger. You take the east side evac. I'm going in. And stay out of my damn way." His palms ignite with a contained, furious heat, st…