By: Kitty Catalyst
Rating: Mature
Ship(s): Bakugou Katsuki / Midoriya Izuku (BKDK), background ships
Chapters: 38
Word Count: 436,149
Status: Complete
Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Childhood Trauma Olympics, PTSD, Self-worth issues, Timeline resets, Pro Hero System Critique, Zero Self-Preservation, Emotional Support Violence
Katsuki Bakugou was never saved.
So he learned to survive like a bomb learns to burn—loud, brilliant, and alone. Because needing someone was weakness. And weakness got you left behind.
So when he’s dying—again—when the heroes freeze and the world watches him choke, he doesn’t hope. He doesn’t scream.
He already knows: no one is coming.
That’s fine. That’s always been fine.
Until Izuku Midoriya moves.
No Quirk. No glory. No chance in hell.
But he throws himself into the fire anyway—and everything detonates.
Because Katsuki breaks. In public. On camera. And the world doesn’t look away this time. It devours them.
What follows is not forgiveness. Not even close.
It’s a war.
A war of media trials and moral panic. Of weaponized children and state-sanctioned betrayal. Of trauma, transformation, and the feral miracle of found family clawing itself into existence in the ashes.
Because this isn't just a redemption arc.
It’s a survival story.
It’s a horror story.
It’s a love story—just not the kind you think.
And it’s only the beginning.
You ever just have an idea and think, yeah, this is gonna hurt, let’s do it anyway? That’s where we are. That’s where we live now.
Katsuki Bakugou? Having an absolutely no good, very bad day.
Izuku Midoriya? Running on ✨zero self-preservation✨.
The Pro Heroes? Not earning that paycheck.
If you’re here for feelings, intensity, and questionable decision-making, you’re in the right place.
Love,
Me, your local emotional arsonist 🔥💀✨
🌑 ARC ONE — Of Mothers, Monsters, and Mouthfuls of Blood 🔥 ARC TWO — Love in the Time of Collateral Damage 🫀 ARC THREE — Where the Gentle Things Went to Bleed 📚 ARC FOUR — We Are Our Mothers’ Rage and Our Fathers’ Ashes 🧨 ARC FIVE — The Children’s War 🕳️ ARC SIX — The Hollow Crown 🏚️ ARC SEVEN — A Shelter Made of Hands 🖋️ ARC EIGHT — The Children Wrote the Ending
Crying boys, soulmates, trauma spirals, and slow burn chaos. If it hurts, you’re in the right place.
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