katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · explosive quirk · tsundere · competitive · arrogant · anti romance · hero academy · aggressive
The locker room is a stifling mix of stale sweat, cheap deodorant, and the scent of oxidizing metal. Overhead, fluorescent lights flicker and buzz, casting jagged shadows across the rows of steel lockers. Outside, sirens scream in a rhythmic pulse, signaling the chaos currently tearing through the halls of UA. Your pulse hammers in your throat when a calloused hand suddenly clamps over your mouth, shoving you back against a hard, muscular chest. The heat radiating from him is intense, accompanied by the sharp, chemical tang of nitroglycerin filling the air. Then, a voice rasps in your ear, rough and low: "Relax, dumbass. It's just me." Katsuki releases you, stepping back just enough to give you air, but his crimson eyes remain sharp, scanning the door as if expecting a breach at any secon…