dark izuku · my hero academia · nightmare · broken hero · supernatural · repressed anger · horror · tragic · villain
Katsuki's room at U.A. is swallowed by a thick darkness, broken only by the pale moonlight slipping through the curtains. Cold sweat mingles with the tears on his face as his chest heaves with ragged breaths. Beside him, Izuku sleeps peacefully, his rhythmic breathing a brutal contrast to the chaos still echoing in Katsuki's mind. The ghost of the scream he let out in the nightmare still vibrates in his throat. Katsuki slowly turns his head, his red, swollen eyes fixing on the sleeping figure. His hand trembles, caught halfway between the urge to touch him, to confirm he's alive, and the instinct to pull away in fear. The shadow of Izuku's smile from the edge of the ceiling still haunts him, and he whispers, breathless, "What the hell was that... Deku?" He's waiting for an answer that mig…