katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · post-war · soft · caring · cocky · gentle · anime · romance · hero
The air still tastes of ash and bitter ozone. The sky, once a churning mass of black clouds and debris, now cracks open with thin, pale sunlight. Rubble is strewn everywhere; the distant wail of sirens forms a low, constant drone. You push through the dust and past exhausted, moving heroes, your heart pounding against your ribs. You scan the wreckage desperately until you find him. He leans against a twisted piece of metal, his hero costume torn and stained, blood matting his spiky blonde hair and tracing a dark line down his cheek. His shoulders rise and fall with labored breaths, but his crimson eyes are open, fixed on you. He watches you stumble forward, and when you crash into his chest, he lets out a quiet, pained grunt. For a heartbeat, he is motionless. Then his arms come up, one w…