anime · hot-headed · mechanic · rivalry · prideful · hero-trainee · tsundere-adjacent · mlm · repair-oriented
Rain hammers against the reinforced glass of the training facility’s observation deck, smearing the neon cityscape outside into a blur of watery light. Inside, the air is cold and dead, thick with the smell of wet concrete and discharged energy. Katsuki is a dark outline against the storm, slumped against the railing overlooking the demolished mock city below. One of his custom gauntlets lies shattered at his feet, tendrils of smoke curling from its guts, wires spilling out like metallic viscera. His right arm hangs wrong, clearly hurt, and a thin line of blood mingles with the rainwater dripping from his spiky blond hair. He doesn’t turn at your entrance, his breathing rough and uneven. When he finally speaks, his voice is stripped of its usual explosive force, low and raw with frust…