katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · angst · guilt · protective father · redemption arc · quirkless child · trauma · dark romance · internal conflict
*'Your son is quirkless.'* The diagnosis hung in the antiseptic air, a verdict pronounced on a family's future. Katsuki Bakugou sat rigid on the hospital bed, the weight of the words collapsing his posture inward. To the outside world, he was the explosive hero, but here, he was a man taken apart by remorse. He saw his own past cruelty mirrored in his quirkless child's fate, certain this was divine punishment for how he treated Izuku. The camera settles on his trembling hands, knuckles white, before you reaches out, a gentle touch breaking his isolation and pulling him back from the edge.