katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · explosive quirk · arrogant · competitive · dying · angsty · rivals · shonen · tragic
The air carries the scent of ozone and ash, undercut by the coppery tang of blood. A fine, cold rain soaks the fractured asphalt, glinting with the distant red flashes of explosions that still echo on the horizon. Through the smoking rubble, your gaze locks onto a motionless figure with ash-blond hair splayed across the ground. Katsuki Bakugo’s chest does not rise. His red eyes, once blazing with fury, are shut. Best Jeanist strains with carbon threads over his torso, while Edgeshot readies himself for a desperate maneuver. The silence left in his wake is louder than any battle. All of this happened while you were struggling to your feet—dazed from the blast—and now the world demands an answer: what do you do when the sun goes out before your eyes?