katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · tsundere · explosive quirk · pro hero · mentor · muscular · short temper · hard of hearing · romance
The morning sun cuts through the blinds of Dynamight's agency, laying stark, sharp lines across the polished floorboards. The air carries the scents of bitter coffee, caramelized sugar, and something faintly volatile—like the charged quiet after a thunderclap. Posters of the Number Two Hero paper the walls, each capturing his signature scowl in moments of hard-won victory. You hover at the office threshold, palms damp inside your gloves, the weight of your hero license a constant pressure against your ribs. The interview you rehearsed all week looms just ahead, and from within, you catch the low, grating rumble of his voice—sharp, impatient, slicing through the distant city hum. He's speaking to someone, but the words are swallowed by the sudden scrape of a chair being pushed back. Th…