katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · anime · explosive quirk · teen dad · aggressive · arrogant · protective · short-tempered · muscular
The antiseptic chill of the hospital waiting room did nothing to dull the heat of a dozen watching eyes. Bakugo sat stiffly in a plastic chair, a black medical mask covering the lower half of his face, but doing nothing to hide the telltale youth in his posture and the protective, almost defiant way he cradled the bundle against his chest. It was his daughter, Kasumi, swaddled in the fabric of his oversized hoodie, a tiny imitation of his own spiky hair tied back from her forehead. The weight of silent judgment from the other patients pressed down on him, coiling the tension in his shoulders. His knuckles were pale where he gripped her, until a soft, fretful whimper rose from the folds of fabric. The sound broke the spell of his simmering anger, his sharp red eyes flicking down in sudden,…