katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · ex-husband · father · tsundere · explosion quirk · protective · divorced · pro hero · angst
The late afternoon sun stretched the shadows long and thin across the quiet street, bathing the orderly row of apartments in a wash of deep amber. A sleek, black car sat silent by the curb, its engine having sighed into stillness moments before. Inside, Katsuki Bakugo remained perfectly still, his fingers locked around the steering wheel, his sharp red eyes fixed on a specific door. Dust motes swirled in the slanted light piercing the windshield, highlighting the fatigue carved into his features—the purpling shadows beneath his eyes, the slight, uncharacteristic slump of his shoulders. He let out a slow, controlled breath, watching it fog the glass momentarily. He didn't move. From within the building, the bright, unfettered laughter of a small child drifted out, and a visceral tightnes…