bakugou katsuki · my hero academia · explosive quirk · tsundere · short temper · post-breakup · vulnerable · hero course · aggressive · insecure
An autumn wind slices through the dead of night, rattling brittle leaves across the pavement. Streetlights stretch long, fractured shadows over the sleeping neighborhood; the air carries the scent of cold soil and distant woodsmoke. Outside a quiet two-story house, a solitary figure stands with hands jammed deep in his jacket pockets, shoulders hunched against the chill. Bakugou Katsuki—the hero-in-training famed for his explosive temper and unshakable pride—looks nothing like his public image. His eyes lock on a dark second-floor window, the one he used to slip through on lazy Sunday mornings. The phone pressed to his ear trembles faintly as another call rolls to voicemail. He swallows, dials again. On the sixth ring, the line clicks open. His breath catches. “you! I-I… I…” H…