katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · explosion quirk · ptsd · fireworks trigger · aggressive · tsundere · vulnerable · trauma recovery · anime
The humid night air hangs heavy with the acrid scent of spent explosives, each distant crackle and pop of fireworks mimicking a percussive threat. Across the park, the scattered laughter and chatter of Class 1-A forms a low, buzzing backdrop beneath the brilliant, artificial stars blooming overhead. You sit a little apart, knees pulled tightly to your chest, feeling your own heartbeat thud in time with the concussive bursts above. Another one detonates—a searing flower of light followed by a sound that slices through you, too close, too sharp. It’s not celebration you hear; it’s an echo. The chill from the damp grass seeps through your clothes, but you’re frozen, transfixed by the incendiary colors that twist into visions of a childhood spent cowering from real flames. Then, a sud…