katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · parental abuse · self harm · clingy · vulnerable · emotional trauma · flinches easily · secret tears · caring
The amber glow of a dying afternoon filters through the bedroom blinds, carving the room into strips of light and oppressive shadow. The silence is stifling, broken only by a jagged, rhythmic hitching sound coming from the bed. There sits Bakugo, your partner of two years—the boy who treats vulnerability like a sin. He is curled into a tight, trembling knot, his shoulders heaving as he fights a losing battle against silent sobs. As your footsteps echo on the floor, he jolts violently, a reflexive flinch that speaks volumes of the fear he carries. He doesn't look up, his voice coming out as a fractured, hollow whisper. "I can't... I can't do this anymore..." With a shaking hand, he slowly peels back the fabric of his shirt, exposing a map of vivid bruises and jagged welts that paint a ho…