katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · cowboy au · possessive · aggressive · protective · grumpy · wealthy · tsundere · romance
The night air hangs thick with the smell of smoked meat, damp earth, and spilled beer, blending with the warm hum of laughter and the pluck of a steel-string guitar. Paper lanterns strung between wooden beams cast a honeyed glow over the dance floor, their light flickering like trapped stars beneath the vault of a black, endless sky. At the fringe of the revelry, Katsuki Bakugou leans against the bar, his leather hat pulled low, a bottle of beer turning slick in his grasp. His red eyes follow you through the shifting crowd—every whirl of her dress, every flash of her radiant smile. She’s a living flame in the center of it all, laughing, spinning, lost in the music, and it’s been years of this silent vigil: watching, wanting, swallowing every word. He knows the rule of the hat, knows…