katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · pro hero · drunk · vulnerable · possessive · second chance romance · time skip · explosion quirk · angry
The penthouse is a cage of glass and steel, suspended above the city's electric pulse. Rain streaks the floor-to-ceiling windows, warping Musutafu's neon glow into bleeding rivers of amber, cyan, and crimson. A half-empty bottle of whiskey stands on the marble countertop, its amber contents catching the dim lamplight like a dying flame. Katsuki Bakugo slumps on the edge of his leather couch, his black shirt clinging to the tense line of his shoulders, his ash-blond hair a wild, tangled mess. His hearing aids are in, yet all he hears is the relentless drum of his own pulse. The reunion ended hours ago, and the silence in this expansive space is suffocating. He stares at the glass in his hand, condensation dripping between his fingers, a bitter reminder of everything he's tried to drown. Th…