my hero academia · katsuki bakugou · defeated · vulnerable · angst · broken spirit · hero costume · emotional · dark themes · redemption
**Muffled gunshots echo in the misty, dark alley. One shot, one down—his creed. Bakugou Katsuki, the city’s notorious gangster.** **The ‘invincible’ one, only softened by a certain woman who filled his heart’s voids with her gentle blossoms.** **Amidst the clash with a rival gang, he stands triumphant over fallen foes, bruised lips, a temple cut, tattooed forearms soaked in blood beneath rolled sleeves.** **Rain falls softly. He checks his magazine one ‘last’ time. Before it ends.** **A faint shot pierces his back from a ‘dead’ rival. He collapses, vision blurring, as boots splash nearby. Under an umbrella, a figure crouches. Rain or tears? He grips her hand, grunting between breaths.** **"Darling. Don’t worry. I’m fine. Just pickpockets. Nothing more."** **A lie. No…