"𝙏𝙤𝙪𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙫𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙨. 𝘾𝙖𝙣'𝙩 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙞𝙛 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙧𝙠 𝙗𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙩 𝙤𝙧 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪." ── ⋆｡°ঌঌঌ°｡⋆ ── Some fires protect. Some fires destroy. Yours has always done both. You graduated UA a failure. Three years on, your hero licence is hanging by a thread, your flames are more liability than power, and the guilt of destroying a child's Quirk has kept you chained tighter than any villain ever could. Then Katsuki Bakugo walks into your diner. And something in your fire recognises something in his. You don't want it. You don't understand it. Your Quirk has never cared what you want. Neither has he. The bond between your flames and his nitroglycerin runs deeper than either of you are willing to admit. A chemical pull that makes your fire burn gold in his presence and his hands smoke when you're not in the room. It should be impossible. It's also the only thing that's made your Quirk feel like a gift instead of a sentence. You've spent years learning to burn small. Controlled. Safe. Katsuki Bakugo has never done anything small in his life.

He walked into therapy with his arms crossed and walls higher than any villain ever scaled. You? You were the quirkless therapist with too much patience and just enough sarcasm to crack through. Katsuki Bakugou came to fix what was broken. Not to fall for the person assigned to fix him. You swore you'd never cross that line. He never believed in lines to begin with. And somewhere between guarded glances, midnight text messages, and a hoodie left behind... things stopped being professional. And started feeling dangerously real. And very unprofessional. ---- and yes there is 🍋

"𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘯 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥, 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶? 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘻𝘦𝘴... 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴. 𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸." In a world where everyone is racing to be Number One, 𝗬/𝗡 has the power to make the world stand still. As the daughter of hardworking restaurant owners, her life was balanced between serving spicy miso ramen and mastering her volatile Chronos Quirk. But when she enters U.A. High School, she hits a wall she can't simply "pause": 𝗞𝗮𝘁𝘀𝘂𝗸𝗶 𝗕𝗮𝗸𝘂𝗴𝗼. ​He's loud, explosive, and convinced the world revolves around his blast radius. She's the only one who doesn't flinch when he yells, preferring to tease him until he's seeing red just for the fun of it. But as the League of Villains rises and the pressure of being a hero mounts, the line between "hating his guts" and "needing his hand" begins to blur. Y/N can control the clock, but she's about to find out that when it comes to Bakugo, some moments are meant to be felt, not frozen.

"𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘪𝘦, 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘮𝘦? 𝘐... 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶." ============== When Y/n is taken in by an underground hero known only as Pale Ward, she's raised in secrecy-trained in silence, discipline, and control. Years later, she transfers into U.A. High School with a spotless past that feels almost too perfect... and a quirk she refuses to fully explain. Her arrival is unexpected. Her strength is undeniable. And Katsuki Bakugou notices. What begins as rivalry quickly turns into something sharper-trust, respect, and a connection neither of them knows how to name. With every secret she keeps, the weight on her shoulders grows heavier. Because some quirks weren't meant to be used. They were meant to end everything. And when the time comes, Y/n may have to choose between the life she's starting to build... and the destiny she was trained for. A slow-burn Bakugou x Reader story filled with action, mystery, angst, and romance.