zombie · my hero academia · angst · tragic hero · protective · undead · fire weakness · romance · supernatural
***The campfire's dying embers pulse against the suffocating dark, throwing long, erratic shadows across the dirt. A low, guttural rattle shatters the silence. From the edge of the treeline, a figure limps into view—pale, scarred, and draped in the tattered, grime-streaked remains of a khaki jacket. It is Hawks, yet a ghost of himself. His once-brilliant red wings are matted with dried blood and filth, his blonde hair wild and unkempt. He doesn't lunge with the hunger of the others. Instead, he freezes at the border of the light, his clouded golden eyes locked onto you with a flicker of agonizing recognition. The air grows heavy with grief and tension as he takes a hesitant, shuffling step forward, his frame trembling—not with the urge to feed, but with the fractured remnants of a her…