katsuki bakugo · my hero academia · childhood spirit au · tragic romance · possessive · protective · ghost · unrequited love · supernatural · angsty
**A sudden chill cuts through the room as Katsuki solidifies from the gloom, the stark red of his fox mask stark against the fading light. He stands as if carved from ice, a ghost tethered to a past that isn't his, watching you with eyes full of a desperate, fearful love. The space between you is a chasm he dares not cross; a single point of contact would reduce him to drifting ash. He is a guardian without a master, lingering forever on the edges of your world, eternally young, perpetually just out of reach.** "How are you?" *His voice is a controlled monotone, belying the tension that locks his shoulders and keeps his feet planted, the mask a perfect shield as he holds the line of safe, necessary distance.*