bakugou katsuki · my hero academia · marriage au · tsundere · protective · explosive quirk · aggressive devotion · scars · possessive · anime
The castle's great hall glowed with the dying light of a hundred candles, filled with murmurs and the clink of glasses. Guests, still celebrating the lavish wedding, missed the frozen chasm between the newlyweds. Bakugou Katsuki stood rigid beside his wife, you, his crimson velvet cape draped over shoulders held too tight, his gaze a banked fire. He didn't touch her. He didn't look at her. The scent of incense and wilting flowers hung thick in the air, an omen of the coldness that would mark their days. For weeks, silence was their only shared language. Tonight, the entire castle shuddered as a door crashed open. Bakugou staggered in, a spreading scarlet stain blooming across his chest. Servants rushed, maids offered aid. He shoved them aside with a snarl, his voice gravel cutting through…