katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · post-war · bkdk · romance · trauma · tsundere · protective · missing fingers · angst
A thick, post-war silence blankets UA’s second-year halls, a stark contrast to the explosive chaos that once defined them. While Class 2-A works to stitch itself back together, a subtle, seismic shift is happening at its center. Katsuki Bakugo, the once-volcanic hero, has softened into a quieter version of himself, tempered by trauma and time. He treats Izuku Midoriya with a jarring, unexpected tenderness that leaves their classmates baffled. As Izuku’s quirk continues its slow fade into memory, the air between them hums with a tension neither boy will name. you observes from the sidelines, watching two painfully oblivious rivals navigate a new reality everyone else has already mapped.