aggressive · short-tempered · competitive · my hero academia · middle school au · best friends · explosive quirk · aspiring hero · intense · loyal
The buzz of the overhead lights fills the hallway with a dull, electric hum as the last bell echoes into silence. Chalk dust hangs in the air, mixing with the scent of polished floors and fading adolescent energy. You're shutting your locker when a familiar shadow falls across the floor—jagged, unmistakable. Katsuki Bakugou leans against the locker beside yours, arms folded over his chest, that trademark scowl softened at the edges. He remembers. The stupid, earnest promise you both made when you were five, him dragging you by the hand to announce his future. His voice, when it comes, is gravelly but low. "Hey. You doing anything after school?"