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• The Cold is a Bitter Thing by xXLocal_CryptidXx

  Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Major Character Death
  • No category
  • Work in Progress

  04 Jan 2026

  Tags

  • Major Character Death
  • Bakugou Katsuki/Midoriya Izuku
  • Bakugou Katsuki & Midoriya Izuku
  • Bakugou Katsuki/Angst
  • Midoriya Izuku/Hospitals - Relationship
  • Midoriya Izuku
  • Bakugou Katsuki
  • Midoriya Izuku Needs A Hug
  • Post-Final War Arc (My Hero Academia)
  • Hurt No Comfort
  • i hope this hurts
  • Angst
  • Heavy Angst
  • Grief
  • Mourning
  • Dead Bakugou Katsuki
  • Midoriya Izuku-centric
  • Midoriya Izuku is Not Okay
  • Get this boy therapy PLEASE
  • No beta we die like Bakugou
  • Hospitals
  • The tragedy of what could’ve been
  • The Author Regrets Nothing
  • can be read as platonic or romantic
  • Suicidal Thoughts
  • Suicidal Ideation
  • Depressed Midoriya Izuku
  • Dissociation
  • Crying
  • Sad Midoriya Izuku
  • Author Is Sleep Deprived
  • Mentioned Class 1-A (My Hero Academia)
  • Grieving Midoriya Izuku
  • Grieving
  • Letters
  • Funerals
  • Grief/Mourning
  • The consequences of war
  • Casualties
  • Bittersweet Ending
  • Bakugou Katsuki is Not Okay
  • Mineta Minoru Doesn't Exist
  • Sad Bakugou Katsuki

  Summary

  The day the world ended was the day Kacchan died.
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  His body was cold by the time Izuku got to see him. The battle was over, they had to count their losses. And his Kacchan, the piece of him he thought would never leave him for better or worse, was cold.
  -
  Or

  After the war ends, Bakugou is dead. Izuku Midoriya does not take it well.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  3,284

  Chapters:

  2/5

  Comments:

  10

  Kudos:

  26

  Bookmarks:

  6

  Hits:

  375

• Rainy Days by xXLocal_CryptidXx

  Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  31 Dec 2025

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Bakugou Katsuki/Kirishima Eijirou
  • Bakugou Katsuki & Kirishima Eijirou
  • Bakugou Katsuki
  • Kirishima Eijirou
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Rain
  • Angst
  • Fluff and Angst
  • My first happy fic no way
  • kiribaku
  • this was supposed to be a one shot but I got lazy sorry
  • Soup
  • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
  • Bakugou Katsuki Needs a Hug
  • Kirishima Eijirou Needs a Hug
  • Pre-Relationship
  • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
  • Protective Bakugou Katsuki
  • no beta we die like unmanly people
  • Bakugou Katsuki is Bad at Feelings
  • Soft Bakugou Katsuki
  • Bakugou Katsuki Hates The Rain
  • Kirishima Eijirou hates the rain
  • Class 1-A Dorms (My Hero Academia)
  • Unreliable Narrator
  • Mutual Pining

  Summary

  Rainy days are better when you’re not alone.
  …
  If he looks close, Kirishima seems dull almost. His shoulders are hunched in, he’s not even looking at Bakugou, and he’s shivering. It’s so different from the radiance of Kirishima he’s used to.

  Well that just won’t do, Bakugou decides.
  …
  Or

  Bakugou doesn’t like the rain. It turns out Kirishima doesn’t either.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  758

  Chapters:

  1/4

  Comments:

  2

  Kudos:

  15

  Bookmarks:

  4

  Hits:

  112

• Special by xXLocal_CryptidXx

  Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • No category
  • Work in Progress

  25 Dec 2025

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Bakugou Katsuki & Bakugou Mitsuki
  • Bakugou Katsuki & Bakugou Masaru
  • Bakugou Katsuki & Midoriya Izuku
  • Bakugou Katsuki & Midoriya Inko
  • Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead & Bakugou Katsuki
  • Bakugou Katsuki/Angst
  • Bakugou Katsuki
  • Bakugou Katsuki's Parents
  • Bakugou Mitsuki
  • Bakugou Masaru
  • Midoriya Izuku
  • Midoriya Inko
  • Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead
  • Kariage | Bakugou Katsuki's Friend with the Undercut
  • Bakugou Katsuki Needs a Hug
  • Bakugou Katsuki Has Issues
  • Kid Bakugou Katsuki
  • Character Study
  • Kinda?
  • Author Is Sleep Deprived
  • Not Beta Read
  • cringey
  • probably
  • Angst
  • Bakugou Katsuki is Bad at Feelings
  • Unreliable Narrator
  • Bakugou Mitsuki is Bad at Feelings
  • Bakugou Mitsuki's Bad Parenting
  • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
  • authors first fic
  • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
  • Bakugou Masaru's Bad Parenting
  • Bakugou Katsuki-centric
  • Neglectful Bakugou Mitsuki
  • Neglectful Bakugou Masaru
  • Bakugou Katsuki Needs Therapy
  • Parental Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead | Dadzawa
  • I’m figuring out plot as I go
  • Middle School Student Bakugou Katsuki
  • It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better
  • Angry Bakugou Katsuki
  • Bakugou Katsuki is Not Okay
  • Bakugou Katsuki Has Trust Issues
  • This fic is incredibly self indulgent (sorry)
  • Bakugou Katsuki Has an Eating Disorder
  • Bakugou Katsuki Has Anger Issues
  • Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified
  • The writing gets better later I promise
  • Anxious Bakugou Katsuki

  Summary

  Bakugou Katsuki is special.
  -
  Everyone told Katsuki he was special, so he knew it was true.

  Fucking deku, of course, raved on and on about how amazing he was… Hell, even his mom used to say he was special- not anymore though, because Katsuki was a big kid so he didn’t need to be babied. He was a big kid, so he didn’t need his mom like deku did, like the extras. He was better. He was special.
  -
  Or

  idk what I’m doing but Bakugou angst is my life.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  10,247

  Chapters:

  10/?

  Comments:

  78

  Kudos:

  98

  Bookmarks:

  15

  Hits:

  1,678

• Aftermath by xXLocal_CryptidXx

  Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)  

  • Not Rated
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Gen
  • Complete Work

  27 Nov 2025

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Bakugou Katsuki/Angst
  • Bakugou Katsuki
  • Mentioned Class 1-A (My Hero Academia)
  • Bakugou Katsuki Needs a Hug
  • Bakugou Katsuki Needs Therapy
  • Hurt No Comfort
  • Self-Harm
  • Blood and Injury
  • Graphic Self-Harm
  • Suicidal Thoughts
  • Suicidal Ideation
  • Depressed Bakugou Katsuki
  • Sad
  • Angst
  • Heavy Angst
  • Is this whump?
  • Whump
  • Post-Final War Arc (My Hero Academia)
  • Bakugou Katsuki Has PTSD
  • Bakugou Katsuki is Bad at Feelings
  • Author Is Sleep Deprived
  • The Author Regrets Nothing
  • Paranoia
  • But only a bit
  • Mental Breakdown
  • Whenever I got sad I started writing this and I think it shows
  • no beta we die like Bakugou’s mental health
  • Angst and Feels
  • Unreliable Narrator
  • Bakugou Katsuki-centric
  • Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms
  • self destructive behavior
  • Martyrdom
  • Bakugou Katsuki is Not Okay
  • Author Projecting
  • Bakugou Katsuki Swears A Lot
  • aftermath of war

  Summary

  Even when Bakugou returned from the war, it never really ended.
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  The world right now feels just like the aftermath of a bomb. Bakugou spent the last of his fire making sure the world didn’t collapse in on itself, and all that’s left of him is smoke.

  Bakugou is smoke. He is a remnant of who he used to be. He is a fraud, a liar, a coward. Bakugou is a living ghost, in every meaning of the phrase. What he wouldn’t give to feel just a bit more of how he did the day the war ended.
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  Or

  Bakugou Katsuki is not allowed to die, but he’s so tired of living.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  2,441

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  24

  Kudos:

  72

  Bookmarks:

  5

  Hits:

  538

• Potential by xXLocal_CryptidXx

  Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Gen
  • Complete Work

  26 Oct 2025

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Bakugou Katsuki & Bakugou Mitsuki
  • Bakugou Katsuki
  • Mentioned Bakugou Mitsuki
  • Mentioned Bakugou Masaru
  • Mentioned Hakamata Tsunagu | Best Jeanist
  • Mentioned League of Villains (My Hero Academia)
  • Mentioned Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead
  • Sludge Villain Incident (My Hero Academia)
  • Post-Kamino Ward Arc (My Hero Academia)
  • Post-Sports Festival Arc (My Hero Academia)
  • Angst
  • Hurt No Comfort
  • Mommy Issues
  • Internal Monologue
  • No Plot/Plotless
  • the media sucks
  • Unreliable Narrator
  • Bakugou Katsuki is Bad at Feelings
  • Bakugou Katsuki Needs a Hug
  • Bakugou Katsuki-centric
  • Overuse of italics
  • I’m sorry I love them
  • I Wrote This Instead of Sleeping
  • Author Is Sleep Deprived
  • Not Beta Read
  • Character Study
  • Model Bakugou Mitsuki

  Summary

  Potential was an insult. Bakugou Katsuki would not accept anything less than this simple truth.
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  Almost isn’t good enough, potential isn’t perfection. If Katsuki still had room to grow he obviously wasn’t trying hard enough.

  So no, Katsuki did not have potential. Because he was already perfect and already the best because that’s what everyone wanted him to be…

  Katsuki knew potential was an insult. It haunted his every moment, awake or asleep. But he can only lie to himself for so long.
  -
  Or

  Bakugou Katsuki doesn’t like having potential. Nobody else seems to care.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  1,439

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  8

  Kudos:

  25

  Bookmarks:

  3

  Hits:

  234