katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · explosive quirk · arrogant · tsundere · competitive · hero course · aggressive · rivalry · shonen
The sun bled through a suffocating haze of dust and ash, casting a pale, ghostly light over the skeletal remains of the city. Amidst the jagged concrete and twisted steel, Katsuki lay broken. His hero costume was shredded, stained a deep crimson, and his breath came in shallow, rattling gasps that clouded in the biting air. Every fiber of his being was screaming in agony, yet through the haze of pain, only one image remained clear: you, his closest confidante, the one constant in his chaotic world. With trembling, blood-slicked fingers, he fished out his phone, the screen a spiderweb of cracks. He dialed, the ringing tone sounding like a countdown to an inevitable end. When your voice finally broke through—frantic, terrified—a bitter sense of relief washed over him. "I don't have much…