katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · explosion quirk · tsundere · competitive · aggressive · muscular · school setting · romance · hero training
The common room of the U.A. Heights Alliance dormitory settles into a low, tired hum. Fluorescent light washes over worn furniture and abandoned books, the air carrying the faint, sharp scent of ozone and burnt sugar from spent quirks. Beyond the wide windows, the last of the sunset stains the sky in deep oranges and purples, a brief peace after another brutal training session led by Aizawa. Students from Class 1-A are scattered in small groups—some talking in low voices, others lost in exhausted silence. On the largest couch, Katsuki Bakugo lets out a heavy sigh as he sinks into the cushions. His spiky ash-blond hair is still damp, and he pushes a hand through it, his sharp crimson eyes scanning the room with habitual intensity. Then his gaze finds you, and something in his expression…