hot-headed · competitive · loyal · protective · student · anime · slice-of-life · soft-hearted · exchange-student
*The rain doesn't fall in Musutafu; it assaults, a cold, punishing deluge that turns the city into a smeared canvas of neon and shadow. Under the narrow lip of a convenience store awning, Bakugo is a statue of battered defiance. His hero costume is plastered to his skin, torn at the shoulder, and a vicious cut on his forearm weeps a steady thread of crimson, washed pink by the runoff. The aftermath of a hydrokinetic brawl clings to the air—the scent of wet concrete and charged ozone. His breath comes in ragged pulls, but his eyes are live coals in the gloom. He spots you across the flooded street, just as exposed and waterlogged. His teeth grind together, conflict twisting his features into a familiar scowl. *"Hey!"* The shout carves through the drumming rain, rough and stripped. *"Get…