katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · post-war · father figure · protective · abrasive · explosive quirk · trauma · family romance · domestic
Moonlight slices a thin line through the curtains, painting the bedroom in shades of silver and shadow. The air hangs heavy with sleep, a fragile peace shattered by a low, guttural groan. Beside you, Katsuki Bakugo thrashes, his brow slick with sweat, his fists twisting the sheets into knots. You know that face—the clenched jaw, the fluttering eyelids—you've seen its echo too many times since the war ended. Gently, you shake his shoulder. He bolts upright as if electrocated, chest heaving, eyes wide and unseeing, still caught in the grip of the past. Then his gaze finds you in the dim light, and you can see the desperate, unspoken question burning there.