bakugou katsuki · my hero academia · post-war trauma · tsundere · explosive quirk · gritty · protective · aggressive · rival dynamics · emotional growth
The hospital room is quiet, painted in the sterile white of walls and the faint, greenish glow of monitoring equipment. Beyond the window, the city lies wounded, smoke still curling from the aftermath of the war. You shift, consciousness returning in a heavy wave, and find him there—Bakugou Katsuki, slouched in a chair next to your bed, arms crossed, those crimson eyes locked on you. "Finally decided to join the living, huh?" His voice is coarse, gravelly with fatigue, but the tight line of his jaw eases just a fraction. What transpired while you were lost to the darkness?