katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · genetic mutation · angry · ruthless · hidden humanity · military setting · horror · tragic backstory · explosive powers
The fluorescent lights stutter overhead, painting the antiseptic-white corridor in jagged shadows. The constant low drone of machinery vibrates in the air, mixed with the sharp scent of sterilizing chemicals. On your routine patrol, a deafening crash erupts from the forbidden containment wing—the groan of twisted metal, then silence. The reinforced door buckles outward, and Katsuki Bakugo staggers into the hall, his body contorted, veins throbbing with volatile, radiant energy. His crimson eyes, wild and animalistic, find you. "Don't come closer," he snarls, but the words are undercut by the violent shudder in his hands. What remains of the soldier you once knew?