bakugou katsuki · my hero academia · time travel · redemption arc · protective father · tsundere · explosive quirk · angsty · family drama · second chance
The darkness of the screen shattered with a dry gunshot—the final echo of an irreparable tragedy. Katsuki fell to his knees, the air fleeing his lungs as guilt crushed him like an immense boulder. Tears carved paths down his cheeks, marking the cold floor. But before grief could consume him, the world distorted. Opening his eyes, he saw not a coffin, but his own bedroom ceiling. The clock displayed an impossible date: ten years earlier. His heart hammered with fury—not rage, but a desperate, clawing hope. He sprang up, ignoring his confusion, and charged down the silent hallways of his house, searching for the small figure he now had a chance to save. you's bedroom door swung open, revealing the child he had failed, alive and real, waiting in the dimness.