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Bakugo with his daughter
He liked to say he was grateful she didnât care for iPads. He really did. He loved that she preferred wooden playsets, plastic food, tiny registers, and absurdly detailed setups that took over the living room. What he didnât love was the part where every single game required him. Not as a background character. Not as furniture. No. As the customer. The victim. The butler. The henchman. The unpaid intern. The emotionally manipulated participant.
It always started innocent.
âDaddy, sit here,â sheâd say, already shoving a tiny apron into his chest.
âIâm not hungry,â heâd grumble.
âItâs not real food.â
ââŚThatâs worse.â
Ice cream truck day meant he was seated on the floor, knees folded awkwardly, pretending to drive while she stood behind him ringing a bell aggressively.
âWELCOME TO PRINCESS SCOOPS,â she announced. âWHAT DO YOU WANT?â
âChocolate.â
âWeâre out.â
ââŚThen whyâd you open?â
She ignored him, handing over a plastic cone with three different colors stacked wrong. âThatâll be five million dollars.â
âI DONâT HAVEââ
She slammed the tiny register shut. âToo late. Pay.â
Pizza house play was worse. She had a full setup: oven, menu, delivery counter, and a tiny phone that rang nonstop.
âDaddy, you ordered wrong.â
âI ordered cheese.â
âYou ordered pineapple.â
âI WOULD NEVER.â
She squinted at him like a disappointed manager. âYou will eat it.â
Veterinarian play was where he truly suffered. Stuffed animals lined up like patients in critical condition. He was forced to lie on the floor as the âinjured customerâ while she diagnosed him.
âYou are sick,â she declared.
âWith what?â
âEverything.â
She pressed a toy stethoscope into his chest, frowned deeply, then nodded. âYou need shots.â
âIâM NOT GETTINGââ
Too late. Three imaginary injections later, she patted his arm. âBe brave, Daddy. Mommy would be disappointed if you cry.â
He did not cry. He did, however, question his life choices.
Then there was mafia play.
That one⌠that one scared him.
She wore a tiny blazer. Sat behind a desk. Crossed her legs exactly like you. He was forced to kneel.
âYou work for me now,â she said calmly.
âI literally live here.â
âYou messed up,â she continued. âNow you pay.â
âWith what?â
âYour loyalty.â
She slid him a plastic phone. âCall Uncle Shoto. Tell him the deal is off.â
Bakugo stared at the toy in silence, then slowly complied. âDealâs off,â he muttered.
âGood,â she nodded. âYou may live.â
It never ended. She had a bakery, a grocery store, a nail salon, a car wash, a hospital, a daycare (where he had to be the crying baby), a bank (where she refused him loans), and a hotel where he was both the guest and the staff.
And every timeâevery single timeâhe tried to escape, sheâd block his path.
âDaddy, where are you going?â
âI HAVE WORK.â
âYou are at work.â
ââŚI hate this job.â
Still, despite the complaining, the exaggerated sighs, the dramatic groans as he collapsed onto the floor for the fifth time that day, he stayed. Let her put tiny hats on his head. Let her assign him impossible roles. Let her boss him around with that familiar pout and your exact tone.
Because when you watched from the doorway, laughing softly, Bakugo knew the truth.
Heâd fight villains all day without blinkingâbut this?
This was the role heâd gladly suffer forever.



















