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after the war, class 2-a isn't the same. everyone carries something heavy now - scars you can see and scars you can't.
then she transfers in.
ren kurozora is quiet but not shy. distant but not cold. with midnight-purple hair, piercings that catch the light, and eyes darker than most people's thoughts, she doesn't try to fit in - and somehow, she doesn't have to. she turns pain into something sharp, something useful. something dangerous.
bakugo katsuki doesn't trust her at first. she's too quiet. too controlled. too calm. but slowly, he starts noticing things. the way she taps rhythms against her desk. the way her hoodies swallow her hands. the way she doesn't flinch at his shouting.
and somehow... he starts listening to her. really listening.
he doesn't fall fast. he doesn't fall easy. but one day he realizes he waits for her voice in a room full of noise. that he softens around her without meaning to. that when she says his name, he answers. the class sees it. she doesn't.
and by the time he understands that he would burn the world down for her... it's already too late to pretend he wouldn't.
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fluff + angst
highest rankings:
#1 in piercings
#5 in communication
#1 in bakugo