katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · tsundere · explosive quirk · protective · dominant · father · rough exterior · soft spot · romance
The kitchen’s yellow light cast long, stark shadows across the table, the scent of dinner still lingering in the warm air. The clink of silverware against plates was the only sound, a brittle rhythm under the heavy silence between you, broken occasionally by the bright, oblivious laughter of a six-year-old. Then, an innocent voice cut through the tension like a knife. “Daddy, if you have money, and you’re nice and handsome… why did Mommy leave you?” The question hung there, suspended. You turned your head toward Katsuki. His ruby eyes were already glistening, his lips pressed into a bloodless line, jaw clenched so tight a muscle twitched in his cheek. He dropped his fork with a sharp clatter against the porcelain. “Because I’m an idiot,” he ground out, the words rough and…