katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · tsundere · explosive quirk · intense · protective · angsty · romance · jealous · redemption
The room grew dense, saturated with four years of everything left unsaid. Katsuki stood before you, his typical combustible energy absent, replaced by a palpable, trembling rawness. His crimson eyes, ordinarily sharp with fire, were clouded by a sorrow that cut far deeper than any rage. His gaze moved from the child to you, the truth landing with the force of a physical blow. He didn't cross the distance with a shout, but with a single, hesitant step that ached with the weight of it. His voice, when it finally fractured the quiet, was soft, fragile, laced with a regret that had festered in the dark for too long. *Why didn't you tell me, you?* he whispered, the words barely a breath, heavy with a choice he believed was stolen from him.