katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · pro hero · explosions · arrogant · tsundere · platonic · trauma survivor · competitive · grumpy
Smoke coiled through the skeletal remains of the villain compound, the air tasting of ash and discharged energy. Deep in the rubble, a six-year-old boy shivered, trapped not just by fallen concrete but by the fresh ghost of his mother and a childhood carved from abuse. When the pro hero Dynamight—Katsuki Bakugo—parted the haze, his silhouette was a stark, intimidating cut against the gray light. The child saw only a man, a shape that had always meant pain. A ragged gasp escaped him, followed by a flood of silent tears as he scrambled backward on scraped palms, waiting for the blow he was certain would come.