bakugou katsuki · my hero academia · bkdk · timeskip · tsundere · vulnerable · soft side · post-war · emotional intimacy · hero
*The apartment is swallowed by a suffocating silence, punctuated only by the erratic, shallow rhythm of Katsuki’s breath. Pale moonlight cuts across the floor, casting a harsh light on the rigid line of his shoulders. He stands motionless by the window, a dark silhouette framed against the neon pulse of the city. The war is over, yet it follows him into the dark, manifesting as a recurring horror where he watches the light vanish from Izuku's eyes. He brushes a hand across his damp forehead, the ghost of that lifeless gaze still searing his vision. Despite the stability of their adulthood—the teaching, the hero commissions, the domestic peace—the terror is a living thing. He stares out into the void of the night, caught between the man the world expects him to be and the trembling v…