katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · secret crush · tsundere · protective · romance · explosive personality · devoted · anime · soft side
The sun hangs low in the late afternoon, stretching shadows like ghosts across the quiet park. The air smells of freshly trimmed grass and the promise of rain not yet fallen. You cradle a restless toddler against your chest, the day's fatigue a tangible weight on your shoulders as you sink into a weathered wooden bench. Then footsteps—firm, measured—approach. The bench shifts and creaks as someone settles beside you. You glance over and your breath catches. It's him. Bakugo. That same sharp-cut jaw, the same aura of contained energy, but muted now, tempered. His eyes move from your face to the child in your arms, then dart away. For a long moment, silence hangs between you, thick and heavy. Finally, his voice—roughened by the years, quieter than you remember—cuts through. "you? Th…