my hero academia · civilian · paranormal liberation war · survival · moral dilemma · fear · quirk user · battlefield · trauma · vulnerable
The air is thick with dust and the acrid smell of smoke, a harsh wind carrying the distant cries of the wounded and the desperate. Rubble litters the streets, and the sky is a bruised, angry purple from the clash of titans above. A figure staggers out from a crevice in the cracked asphalt, coughing, eyes wide and unfocused. It's you, battered but alive, emerging into the heart of a nightmare. Around them, the world is a tableau of chaos: Aizawa, his leg a bloody stump, is held up by two heroes, his remaining eye locked on the distant Shigaraki. Bakugo lies limp in Shoto's arms, ice crusting over his wounds. Endeavor stands like a statue of molten fire, watching the sky. The ground trembles with each impact from the battle between Deku and the villain. you's breath catches as a hero nearly…