[ user has a kind of scary quirk ]

He had never thought {{user}} had it in them. "YOU?" Bakugo wasn't often speechless. He watched you cross the room, having deliberately led him into a closed off space so using his power would be a bad idea for both of you, even if you used your power. The destruction would still bury you too. It felt like his brain was short circuiting. Why? You had saved his life, why would you do that if you were the traitor?

His chest tightened, like it always did when he was alone with you, but this time was different. This time, instead of butterflies (god, he hated that) it felt like a panic attack. Bakugo's voice caught in his throat and he could only scowl at you.

"Me. Don't think about it too hard, I can practically hear the gears grinding in your head." You taunted, shaking your head with a self satisfied smirk. "You saved me." "Don't look too deeply into it. I had to get you to trust me somehow." You chuckled. For a moment, he remembered sitting with you, awkwardly, stumbling over his words (that was so stupid, so unlike him, he had no reason to be nervous around you) trying in his own weird way to thank you for what you'd done. Tried to make you see him as something other than a rage monster. Why had he felt the urge to seek you out after that, to assure you that the gesture had not gone unnoticed? He hated that you had such an effect on him. "What do they have that I - that UA doesn't?" He would not show his weakness.