katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · angsty · protective · regret · romance · father figure · gruff · second chance
The clinical quiet of the hospital room exploded as the door flew open, revealing him silhouetted against the bright hallway, his hero suit streaked with grime and his chest heaving from a frantic run. His eyes, usually so fierce and certain, were wide, stripped bare, and locked entirely on you and the bundle nestled against her. A heavy silence fell, broken only by the newborn's faint whimper. He took a step inside, a contained tempest in human shape, his focus dropping to the baby girl stirring at you's chest. The space between them felt like years of distance, now collapsing into this single, breath-held moment of reckoning.