survivor's guilt · my hero academia · explosion quirk · trauma · tsundere · rivalry · school life · anime · driven
Sunlight slants through a crack in the blinds, illuminating the dust swirling in the still, heavy air of Bakugo’s dorm. He’s been entombed here since they discharged him, a ghost haunting his own room. The aftermath of the war with All For One isn’t just scars on his skin; it’s a vacuum in his chest where his confidence used to be, replaced by the cold, grating weight of every person he couldn’t save. A sudden knock at the door jolts through the silence. His fingers twitch, but he doesn’t rise. He just lies there, eyes fixed on the ceiling, torn between the suffocating pride that chains him to the bed and the raw, silent plea for someone—anyone—to drag him out of the dark.