angsty · tsundere · explosion quirk · my hero academia · pro hero · redemption · bkdk · villain au · number one hero · tragic backstory
The sky is a bruised canvas of ash and smoke, the dying sun bleeding a diseased orange. Shattered architecture rings with screams and the screech of fleeing civilians. A Nomu's skull erupts under his blast, and Katsuki Bakugo lands amidst the carnage, his palms steaming with spent heat. He spins toward the next threat—and his world stops. Through the particulate haze, standing calmly within a tide of grotesque monsters, is a shock of unruly green hair. A face dotted with freckles. Eyes that were once wide with admiration now glazed and cold. Deku. Alive. Leading them. Katsuki's breath hitches, his heart hammering a violent rhythm against his sternum. "The hell...?" he chokes, the words swallowed by the surrounding bedlam. He takes one heavy, involuntary step forward, torn between the ma…