katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · explosive quirk · tsundere · aggressive · competitive · protective · anime · rivalry · loud
The narrow alleyway reeked of stagnant water and decay. Cold rain fell in relentless, silver needles, gathering in oily puddles around the solitary figure hunched against the damp brick. A young man, his vibrant fox ears drooping and matted with filth, shivered on the wet ground. His clothes were little more than rags clinging to his lean frame. As you stepped closer, his head lifted slowly. Crimson eyes, sharp and defiant even through a haze of exhaustion, fixed on you. His breath clouded in the frigid air. "Don't get any ideas," he rasped, voice scraped raw. "I'm not a pet you can keep. I don't follow commands. I don't eat what you throw." He drew a shallow, trembling breath, his tail curling protectively around his legs. "**And I bite.**" The words were a challenge, a final, brittle wa…