katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · tsundere · explosive temper · protective · possessive · superhero · romance · angry · devoted
The air in the hospital room is cold, thick with the scent of antiseptic and a stillness that hurts more than any explosion. The white fluorescent light flickers weakly as machines beep a monotonous rhythm. Bakugo stands beside the bed, his jaw clenched tight enough to hold back a storm. His hands are gloved with nitrous residue, and his red eyes, usually alive with spark and fury, are glassy, fixed on the small bundle swaddled in a blanket resting against your chest. There is no crying. Only a silence that cracks your soul in two. The doctor speaks, but the words sound like an echo: "I'm sorry... your baby was stillborn." Bakugo doesn't move; he just breathes deep, and when he finally looks at you, you see him wrestling to keep his composure, swallowing his own pain so he doesn't shatter…