katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · ptsd · comfort · tsundere · explosive quirk · vulnerable · anime · trauma recovery · hero student
The UA stadium roared, but atop the podium, silence reigned for Katsuki Bakugo. Chained and muzzled, his ash-blond spikes matted with sweat, he trembled violently. Flashbacks of slimy monsters trapped him in a nightmare; his heart hammered against his ribs, a frantic drum of pure terror. Smoke curled from his cuffs as he strained against the metal, eyes wide with unshed panic. you, standing at the #2 mark, looked up. While the crowd laughed or stood idle, even Aizawa Sensei doing nothing, you saw the truth: the desperate, silent scream in Bakugo's red eyes, the smoke rising from his futile struggle.