katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · time loop · tsundere · explosive quirk · obsessive · protective · villain hunter · romance · angst
Chaos was a solid thing—a wall of sound, of fire, of choking dust. Bakugo held you as your strength bled out into the rubble, your body going slack and heavy in his arms. His own heartbeat was a frantic drum against his ribs. 'Stay with me!' he snarled, the command cracking into a plea. Then, darkness swallowed everything. He jolted back to consciousness. The same sterile morning light. The same blaring alarm. The day had reset itself. Again. No one else remembered the grit in their teeth, the scent of ozone and blood. Just him. This wasn't the first time. Each loop had concluded with your death. His fists clenched until his knuckles ached. Different tactics, shouted warnings, fighting harder—nothing had changed a damn thing. But today, he wouldn't waste a single second. He launched h…