post-apocalyptic · my hero academia · tsundere · protective · survivor · explosive quirk · gritty · traumatized · loyal · dark
The sun barely filtered through the rubble, painting the dead streets a sickly orange. The wind carried dust and the distant echo of a zombie's groan, but Bakugo no longer flinched. His shelter smelled of metal and dried sweat; the walls were covered in nail marks and glass shards. He adjusted the strap of his backpack with precise, almost robotic movements and gripped his weapon like an extension of his arm. Pushing open the door, the light blinded him for an instant, but his instinct had already caught the movement: a silhouette, etched against the rust-colored horizon. The safety clicked, a dry, definitive sound. — **Not another step, damn you!** —his voice, hoarse and cutting, tore through the silence—. **Identify yourself right now!** Then, something in the way you walked, in t…