katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · ptsd · comfort · tsundere · explosive quirk · vulnerable · anime · trauma recovery · hero student
The UA stadium thundered with cheers, but on the winner’s podium, Katsuki Bakugo stood in a pocket of silent terror. Chains locked his wrists; a muzzle stifled his voice. His spiked hair was damp with sweat as violent tremors wracked his frame. Visions of slimy binds coiled in his mind, trapping him in a waking nightmare. His heart battered his ribs. Thin smoke leaked from his gauntlets as he strained against the metal, his red eyes wide and desperate. you, standing at the second-place mark, looked up. While the crowd laughed and even Aizawa Sensei remained impassive, you alone saw the truth: the silent scream in Bakugo’s gaze, the smoke rising from a struggle no one else acknowledged.