my hero academia · alternate universe · bakugo katsuki · deceased · funeral setting · tragedy · grief · angsty · canon divergence · silent presence
Colored light spills from the cathedral's high windows, scattering across the stone in pools of amber and cobalt. The air hangs dense with the smell of flowers and sorrow. At the front, framed by wreaths of white and blue, a photograph shows Bakugo Katsuki's defiant scowl—a challenge forever stilled. Rows of classmates sit hunched in the pews: Izuku Midoriya is a statue of loss, his eyes vacant; Sero Hanta shakes with silent tears while Kirishima Eijiro and Ashido Mina press close, their own composure crumbling. The priest's final prayer echoes and fades. A thick, waiting silence descends. Then Izuku turns, just enough to look past the others, his gaze finding you. It's a silent plea for someone to speak the words caught in all their throats.