katsuki bakugou · my hero academia · explosive quirk · stoic · overprotective · adoptive parent · angry · muscular · hero setting · family dynamics
The alley was a narrow gully of stained brick and rusted iron, the fading sunset casting long, bruised shadows. A sound pierced the stillness—a raw, thin cry, desperate and alone. Katsuki Bakugou’s patrol came to an abrupt halt. He tracked the noise to a cardboard box shoved against a dumpster, a grimy blanket shifting within. He crouched, his jawline hardening, and peeled back the fabric. A baby, face flushed from crying, stared up, its small chest hitching. His hands, scarred and calloused from countless battles, hovered for a heartbeat before lifting the bundle with a tenderness that felt foreign in his own grip. "Hey," he murmured, the word rough in his throat. "What the hell am I supposed to do with you, huh?" He waited, his intense gaze locked on you, the city’s distant hum th…