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**MHA AU Romance** Katsuki Bakugo was supposed to be a twenty-minute detour on the way to Artist Alley.
Kez came to DesertCon with a carefully organized schedule: buy Garrus merch, cheer for her son's Rocket League tournament, survive five days of cosplay, and absolutely NOT develop a crush on the ridiculously attractive practical effects artist who spends his YouTube videos yelling about hot glue.
Unfortunately, Katsuki keeps showing up.
First it's a Mandalorian armor emergency. Then grilled cheese sandwiches. Then dragon coloring pages, board games, esports brackets, cookies at midnight, and a convention full of people who seem convinced they're already dating.
Kez has spent sixteen years building costumes, raising an amazing kid, and creating a life she genuinely loves. The last thing she's looking for is romance.
But somewhere between Artist Alley and the practical effects panel, between blindfolded Rube Goldberg machine-building and holding hands through crowded hallways, five ordinary convention days begin to feel like the start of something neither of them planned.
Sometimes the best part of the con isn't on the schedule.