Prompt: what Bakugou thinks of ochako's warface - submitted by Lucyrne/ungenue on tumblr
(again, I think I have something else I want to do with this one, but it's a good start. Imagine Kacchan wanting to see and explore all of Ochako's expressions!)
He didn't have a good memory for faces. Part of the reason he called people by nicknames was because he had trouble putting the name tag with the nose/eyes/mouth his brain processed. The other part was because he didn't fucking care.
So when Angelface started appearing on the periphery of his world, dodging in and out, shadowing Deku and his stupid face, he didn't bother trying to learn her name. Soft, round features and rosy cheeks under big eyes looked pretty innocent, he supposed, so he decided her name would be Angelface. There. Easy to remember and- bonus!- it seemed to tick her off.
When he draws up against her in the sports festival, he's irritated. Smooth unblemished skin and wide eyes don't belong on the battlefield. But when she shouts at him and launches her attack, he sees a transformation.
Gone are the full cheeks and pretty pink flushes; now she is pulling cheeks back to show gritted teeth and an angry red of exertion colors her face. The smooth brow is gone, too, left for dead under the deep furrows of concentration. Dirt and scrapes mar her face in a way that his brain can't reconcile between now and every time previous.
It's like she's a different person.
He's nearly caught in her stratagem, crumbling the falling rocks with an explosion not a second too late. He's been so caught up in the change from Angelface to her that he can't stand it. Her eyes are a darkening brown, tight with focus and burning into his memory. He wants to see more, never forget. His blood is flooding with adrenaline and endorphins, pulsing through every inch of his body. His hands itch to make her show new expressions that aren't angelic at all. He knows he can now because he's seen it.
He's seen Uraraka Ochako and there's no way she could ever go back to just Angelface.