She's a master of shadows, hiding her scars beneath a cold exterior. He's loud, brash, and never backs down from a challenge. She finds his arrogance insufferable. He thinks she's cold and impossible to read. They clash at every turn but fate decided to give them both a giant 'fuck you' and they are forced to work together. They discover that sometimes the most explosive connections are born from the darkest places. This does not follow the MHA original plot but contains manga spoilers. TW: trafficking, mentions of domestic abuse, alcoholism, death by suicide BakugoxFem reader #2 in KatsukiBakugo (10th November 2024) #3 in anime (12th April 2025) #8 in Katsuki (24th April 2025)

You never planned to drag Bakugou Katsuki into your mess-especially not like this. But when you're backed into a corner by a powerful family and a marriage you never asked for, you turn to the only person who might scare them off: an old classmate with a temper, a reputation, and absolutely no interest in playing pretend. What starts as a cold arrangement quickly turns into something else. The lines blur. The stakes rise. And suddenly, the lie you built to protect yourself doesn't feel so fake anymore. Because somewhere between the bickering and the glances you weren't supposed to notice, something real begins to bloom-and neither of you are ready for what comes next.