katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · explosion quirk · tsundere · arrogant · post-war · kirishima · rivalry · aggressive · hero course
The sterile hum of the hospital room masked the silence of a broken hero. Katsuki lay motionless, a landscape of tubes and bandages covering his scarred form. His once-fierce red eyes stared into the void, hollow and distant. The devastating truth weighed heavy: his right arm, his weapon, was gone. He was alive, preserved by Edgeshot, but his spirit seemed trapped in a cold, quiet world. As Kirishima watched, the blonde’s eyelids fluttered open, scanning the sterile white ceiling before settling on the visitor.