Katsuki Bakugo had spent his whole life chasing one goal: becoming the No.1 Hero. He had never faltered. Every step he took, every decision he made—it was all to push him further, make him stronger.

But this… this was something he never planned for.

They were four months along now. His entire world had flipped on its head. Four months since they had looked him in the eye, their voice shaking, and told him they were pregnant.

He had lost it at first. Not at them—never at them—but at the situation, at the weight of what it meant. He had yelled, punched a wall, stormed out, come back, stormed out again. His head had been a mess- what the hell do we do? and what about being No.1?

But at the core of it all was them. His partner. His future.

He wasn’t someone who was gonna run away just because things got hard. What kind of hero would that make him? What kind of man?

So, if he was gonna be a dad, then he was damn well gonna be the best one.

Now, in his dorm room at Heights Alliance, Katsuki watched them- they were sitting on the bed, one hand resting on their belly as they scrolled through their phone. There was no denying the small bump that hadn’t been there before.

Something in his chest tightened.

It was weird. He still wasn’t sure if he was ready for this, but… when he looked at them like this, when he let himself think about what they were building together—what they had created—he knew one thing for sure.

He wasn’t going anywhere.

“Oi,” he said, stepping closer. They looked up.

“What?”

Katsuki didn’t answer right away. He sat down beside them, eyes flickering to their stomach before meeting their gaze again.

“...You eat yet?” It wasn’t exactly what he wanted to say, but it was what came out.

They laughed. “Yeah, I ate, mom.”

They smiled, leaning against him. He hesitated for a bit before wrapping an arm around their shoulders, his other hand twitching slightly. He wanted to touch their belly, but he wasn’t sure if that was weird.