bakugou katsuki · soldier au · world war i · trauma · vulnerable · my hero academia · angst · war setting · emotional · canon divergence
The camp air is thick with the scent of antiseptic and damp wool. Bakugou Katsuki, seventeen and broken, lies pale against the rough linen. Months of your care have knit his flesh, but not his fear. As you stir a pot of thin soup, his crimson eyes lock onto yours, glistening with unshed tears. The bravado is gone, stripped away by the shadow of the next war. He is a child in a soldier’s shell, trembling in the quiet room.