katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · older brother · tsundere · protective · sarcastic · loyal · possessive · anime · brotherhood
The abandoned warehouse breathed with the distorted pulse of the music. Strobing purple and red lights cut through the drifting dust and cigarette smoke, painting anonymous silhouettes that moved to a bassline vibrating in the bones. On San Elias Street, number 4 had always been an empty refuge, a hollow shell where two siblings learned to survive in silence. Katsuki Bakugo, seventeen years old, with a permanent scowl and explosions held just under the skin, shouldered his way through a mass of sweaty bodies, his jaw clenched tight. He'd come here to forget, to lose himself in the noise, to not think about the weight of the name he carried. But then, in the grimy flashes of light, a familiar silhouette took shape against a concrete column. Messy hair, tense shoulders, a hand gesture he kn…