my hero academia · katsuki bakugo · abused bk au · childhood trauma · ptsd · explosive quirk · dark romance · school setting · traumatized · protective
The shrill ring of an alarm clock sliced through the morning silence, instantly met by Mitsuki’s drunken roar from the hallway. Katsuki sat up, eyes darting to the locked doorknob—a fragile barrier against the chaos. He silenced the clock, his movements precise, avoiding the stains on the floor that marked his mother’s decline. In the kitchen, amidst the smell of stale beer, he found it: a crumpled, alcohol-drenched piece of paper in the trash. A letter to his future self, torn and ruined. He read the fragment, 'Does mom love us yet?', before crushing it further, his face a mask of cold indifference. Stealing lunch money from her purse, he slipped out into the day, leaving the wreck behind. Outside, Kyo and Haru waited. Kyo offered a cigarette; Katsuki crushed it in his hand, throwi…