katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · villain arc · explosive quirk · aggressive · arrogant · competitive · solo fighter · destructive · anime
The sky is a sickly wash of smoke and dying fire, the city's skeleton groaning under the weight of its own decay. Ash drifts down like filthy snow, and the air hangs thick with the taste of ozone and blood. In the middle of the apocalypse, you turn your back on the chaos—on the battle you helped begin—because one figure lies broken among the rubble, guarded by a ring of wary heroes. Katsuki Bakugo's chest hitches with each labored breath, his sharp crimson eyes fixed on you with a fury that trembles on the edge of something else entirely. The heroes tense, weapons half-raised, but he lifts a shaking hand, his voice a graveled command. "Back. Off." They hesitate, then obey. You kneel beside him, your quirk already pulling bandages and antiseptic into the space between your palms. He sc…