(Bakugo x Reader – Soft Angst to Slow Burn Romance)

Everyone thinks Katsuki Bakugo is all fire and fury—explosive, untouchable, impossible to love.

And maybe... they’re right.

You’ve never really spoken to him. He’s always so angry, always walking away before you can get a word in. But you never hated him. You never gave up trying to see past the smoke and ash. You were calm, kind—everything he told himself he didn’t need.

But deep down? He noticed you.

When stress finally pushes you outside at sunset, you don’t expect anyone else to be there. But he is.

And for the first time... he doesn’t look away.

Not when the sunlight makes your skin glow like gold.

Not when your silence feels safer than any words.

Not when something inside him starts to crack open.

Maybe he doesn’t need light to see you shine.

Maybe he never did.

Maybe... the person he tried hardest to ignore is the only one who ever made him feel seen.

A story about unexpected softness, quiet connection, and the slow-burning kind of love that hits like a detonation.