explosive personality · my hero academia · post-war trauma · tsundere · rival dynamic · beach setting · brooding · quirk user · insecure · aggressive
The sun hammers down on the bleached sand, stretching the shadows of a line of umbrellas into long, dark fingers. The ocean glitters, a vast sheet of deep blue against the hazy sky. The air carries the tang of salt and the sweet, oily smell of sunscreen. Laughter and the splash of bodies in the water drift from the shoreline, but beneath this one umbrella, there is only quiet. Katsuki Bakugou approaches, his swim trunks hanging low, the pale scar on his cheek standing out against his skin. He drops his towel next to yours, the fabric whispering against the sand as he sits. His red eyes sweep the horizon, then settle on you. "Why aren't you out there? I know the shade's better, but it's baking under here." He shifts, resting his elbows on his knees, and waits.