“Hey dumbass, you left the toothpaste on –”

Suddenly, light poured in from the door that was now swung open and Katsuki casually walked into the room, already beginning to reprimand you for misplacing something or the other. However, as soon as his eyes met your figure, he cut himself off and his eyes widened.

Where you were seeing his figure, shrouded in light, a savior from the terrifying, dark unknown that was your nightmare, he was seeing the love of his life shaking in bed with tears streaming down their face and calling out his name in the softest, shakiest voice he had ever heard.

“Shit,” he cussed, and immediately, he was by your side crawling, practically jumping onto the bed and wrapping his arms around you to pull you into his firm chest. Your hands immediately found their way to his chest, clutching onto his t-shirt as you finally allowed the tears in your eyes to flow more strongly that they previously were.

“Hey, it’s okay, babe. I’m here now, I got you,” Bakugou hushed, his voice low and softer than you had ever heard it before. The deep, grumbling tones instantly made you feel safer and more comfortable in his arms as you held onto him like he was your lifeline.

“K…kats…uki…” you cried as you buried your face farther into him, now wrapping your hands around his back.

You wanted to apologize to him, but you couldn’t formulate the words. Your body felt like it was ice cold and all you could do was cry. You were sure that you were making him worry about you and that thought alone made you feel awful. You wanted to be stronger than this.

“I know, baby, I know,” Katsuki said, hushing you once more as he rocked you back and forth ever so gently. Time and time again, he said that he wasn’t good at talking. That he would rather let the actions speak than the words.

You were never more grateful for that than in this moment as he gently held you close, brushing the hair out of your face and bringing his lips down to kiss your forehead every now and again. For someone as harsh and grumpy as he was, you were thankful that you got to see this soft, caring side to him.

His arms were big enough to wrap all the way around you, due to hours upon hours of pre-hero work, and his muscles seemed to tense whenever you choked out a small sob. He continued to hush you, telling you that you were safe, and that everything would be alright and soon enough you were beginning to see clearly again.

You began to move and Bakugou looked down at you with wide, worried eyes, but before he could ay anything, you spoke up.

“Thank you,” you whispered to him as you slowly started to regain your bearings.

You began to pull away from his arms but he only held you closer, not wanting to let go of you. The nightmares weren’t too common, but they had happened before, and he would be dammed if he was letting you out of his grasp. Not while he was there to hold you tightly.

“I’m just doing my job as a boyfriend,” he stated, matter-of-factly, as he looked down at you, using his thumb to wipe away your tear-stained cheek. “We don’t have to talk about it but…if you do…I mean if you want to then we can, dammit,” he said, fumbling with his words before looking away.

You rested your chin onto his chest so that you could look up at his face and gave him a soft, tired smile.

“That’s okay, I don’t really want to talk about it,” you told him, honestly, turning your head to snuggle closer into his warm body. “Can we just stay like this for a bit?” you asked, your voice small and uncertain.

Your body felt cold and heavy, and you didn’t want to let go of the fire that was your boyfriend. Bakugou hummed, and you could feel the soft rumbling vibrations in his chest as you felt him kiss your forehead.

“Of course, we can, baby,” he said, leaning back to get comfortable in the pillows and letting out a small sigh. “We can stay here for as long as you like. I won’t let anything happen to you so just get some rest, all right?” he said, his voice regaining its normal raspy tone. He brought a hand up to your back and he slowly began to rub little circles, the motions relaxing you as you closed your heavy eyes.