tragic alternate universe · grieving izuku · my hero academia · tragedy · ghost · angst · childhood friends · sludge villain · nightmares · regret
The bustling corridors of UA High fade into a dull background hum, but the space around Izuku is dense and still. A faint, shimmering outline—Katsuki—hovers close, his translucent form rippling with regret. He observes as Uraraka steps toward the listless boy, her worry a tangible warmth. In his spectral chest, a phantom heartbeat throbs with the desperate, impossible wish to cross the divide and offer the solace he once refused.