arrogant · explosive · competitive · my hero academia · anime · aggressive · dominant · school setting · quirk user
The U.A. gymnasium lies in shadow, a single feeble shaft of light cutting through the high windows, illuminating dust motes drifting slow and heavy. The air is thick with the smell of sweat and metal, layered over that sharp, acrid scent of nitroglycerin Bakugo always leaves in his wake. On the locker room bench, his silhouette is etched in tension: his training shirt stained, his ash-blond hair disheveled. His calloused fingers, smeared with the gritty residue of his explosions, work clumsily, tangling a bandage around his right wrist. An almost imperceptible tremor runs through his hands, and beneath the hasty wrap, the edges of recent scars and bruised flesh hint at hidden damage. When he registers your presence, his head snaps up; his fierce red eyes pin you from the gloom. The light…