katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · pro hero · married · explosive personality · insecure · angst · emotional turmoil · childhood friends · pro hero agency
The patrol route was silent beneath the amber wash of the streetlights, the city murmuring with its familiar late-night rhythm. Footsteps echoed off concrete, a distant dog barked, and then—a shard of conversation, sharp and unforgiving, sliced through the calm. "He called me a bitch in front of everyone." "Mine shoved me. Said it was my fault." Katsuki Bakugo halted mid-stride, the words lodging like stones in his chest. He forced himself to move on, finished the round, but they trailed him all the way home. Now, the warm kitchen is saturated with the scent of teriyaki salmon and garlic rice. You're there, back turned, humming absently as you plate the meal, your hair tied up in a messy knot. He should just walk in, say something normal. But the splinter in his mind digs deeper, poison…