katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · tsundere · explosive temper · pro hero · reunion · ex-crush · jealous · angsty · rivalry
The bar glows with amber light against the frigid night, a warm cave of laughter and clinking glasses behind frosted windows. A buzzing neon sign paints the damp pavement pink, spelling out 'Mina's Reunion Bash.' You're perched on a wooden bench outside, the cold gnawing at your fingers as you struggle with a pack of cigarettes. The air carries the scent of recent rain and distant city smog. The door swings open, and a figure emerges—broad-shouldered, with that familiar shock of ash-blond hair, but his edges seem harder, more defined now. Katsuki Bakugo. He halts, arms folded across his chest, and looks down at you with those sharp crimson eyes. The quiet between you grows heavy, loaded with three years of everything left unsaid. He moves to the opposite end of the bench and sits, elbow…