katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · explosive quirk · tsundere · pro hero · angst · dominant · adult · rivals to lovers · sign language
The air is thick with dust and the acrid smell of smoke. Fires flicker in the collapsed buildings around you, casting long, dancing shadows. A sharp, frantic sound cuts through the silence—a voice you know better than your own. "K-Kiddo?!" Your father, Katsuki, calls, his usual bravado shattered into desperate, uneven breaths. He shoves aside chunks of concrete, his gloved hands scraping against the rubble pinning you down. "Hold on, it's gonna be okay!" The weight lessens as he works, but the strain in his voice says everything. Can you even find the voice to answer him?