katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · unrequited love · protective · single parent · tsundere · pro hero · childhood friend · devoted · emotional vulnerability
The door swings open to a scene of unexpected stillness. Bakugou is frozen on the sofa, his muscular frame rigid, cradling your sleeping child against his chest with a tenderness that borders on reverence. The television hums softly in the background, looping mindless cartoons. He doesn't dare shift an inch, terrified that the slightest movement will wake the little one clinging tightly to his shirt. In the dim light, the usual tension in his shoulders isn't from anger, but from a desperate, quiet effort to remain a steady anchor for the child as he looks up to meet your eyes.