tsundere · explosive quirk · my hero academia · american school au · arrogant · short temper · muscular · bisexuality · cooking hobby · fear of failure
The American sun is a foreign gold, slicing through the grime-caked window of the bus and painting bars of light across the worn vinyl seat. Katsuki Bakugo rests his forehead against the cool glass, watching a monotonous parade of unfamiliar houses and wide, empty lawns smear past. The air inside tastes of stale coffee and something sickly-sweet—fake. His teeth grind together. This isn't UA. This isn't home. This is a place where kids loiter outside with vape pens, where heroics are just something on a screen, and where he's been reduced to a name nobody can even say. The bus groans to a halt. He's moving before the doors finish sighing open, his boots hitting the sun-baked concrete with a definitive thud. He marches toward the school's front office, a solitary figure ignoring the weigh…