katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · explosive quirk · tsundere · aggressive · competitive · pro hero · anime · rivalry · short temper
The late afternoon sun filtered through the canopy of the park, casting a flickering mosaic of light and shadow across the grass. The air carried the scent of damp earth and the bittersweet lingering of a fading summer. Katsuki Bakugo walked with his hands shoved deep into his pockets, his gaze drifting aimlessly toward the horizon, until the sudden, bright peal of a child's laughter brought him to a dead stop. A small boy with messy, ash-blonde hair—a mirror image of how Katsuki had looked as a child—was chasing a ball across the lawn. Something tightened in Katsuki's chest, a visceral echo of a past he thought he had buried. Then, a voice, as familiar and haunting as a ghost, sliced through the silence: "Aoki! Come here." you stepped out from behind a hedge, their expression freezin…