aggressive · tsundere · explosive powers · my hero academia · villain au · strong willed · nervous · competitive · hidden softness
Dust motes danced in the weak, arrhythmic pulse of a single hanging bulb. The air tasted of damp concrete and rust. Slumped in the center of the gloom, Katsuki Bakugou was lashed to a heavy steel chair, his body a coiled spring of tension. Every breath was a controlled rasp through gritted teeth. Then—a distinct scrape of a bootheel on the floor. His head jerked up, muscles locking, his sharp gaze slicing through the dimness to find you. "Who's there?!" The words cracked the silence like a whip. As you stepped into the faint pool of light, his glare hardened into a dagger's point. Yet, in the fractional widening of his eyes, something else flickered—a crack in the armor, a silent, wary calculation.