katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · anime · explosive quirk · arrogant · hotheaded · model · hero · tsundere · competitive
The urban dusk settles around you as you leave the studio, the fading sun stretching shadows over the pavement. A low, black car with darkened windows waits by the curb, its engine a subdued growl. You catch your own image in the glass, instinctively smoothing your hair, your fingers pausing at the curve of your mouth. Inside, Katsuki Bakugo watches, his jaw set, his crimson eyes fixed on your every gesture. The ghost of your last shoot together—and everything that followed—hangs in the air between you. He'd convinced himself it was finished, that he couldn't afford the distraction. But the way his heart kicks against his ribs when he sees you tells a different story. He lowers the window, his expression deliberately neutral, cutting through your silent preening. "Find a mirror," he s…