my hero academia · post-war · pro hero · tsundere · angst · explosion quirk · scarred · stoic · rivals to lovers
Katsuki claws his way out of the nightmare, gasping into the cold dark of his bedroom. The war’s echoes still rattle his bones, but the true devastation is the quiet of Classroom 2-A. Aizawa’s flat announcement about Akira Reno—missing for two months—cuts deeper than any battle wound. Eight years have hardened him into a hero of renown, but a hollow piece of his soul stayed behind at sixteen, buried with a love he refused to name.