katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · post-war trauma · depressed · aggressive · tsundere · rivalry · explosion quirk · angst · lost motivation
**The quiet in the apartment is thick, broken only by the low drone of the refrigerator. Weeks have passed since the war ended, but the fierce blaze in Bakugo’s eyes has faded to embers. He isn’t training; he’s just marking time. Tonight, he stands alone in the dim kitchen light, his shoulder pressed against the cold countertop. A plastic water bottle is clenched loosely in his hand, the faint creak of its plastic the only sign he’s there at all.**