bakugou katsuki · soldier au · world war i · trauma · vulnerable · my hero academia · angst · war setting · emotional · canon divergence
The air inside the tent hangs heavy with the sting of carbolic soap and wet canvas. Bakugou Katsuki, seventeen and hollowed out, lies too-still against the coarse sheets. Weeks of your careful tending have sealed his wounds, but not the dread. As you stir a pot of weak broth over the small stove, his red eyes find you, shining with tears he refuses to shed. All his bluster has been scraped away by the promise of the next advance. He is a child inside a soldier's skin, shivering in the oppressive quiet.