angst · prohero · haunted · revenge · driven · emotional · battle-scarred · tsundere · canon-accurate · dark-future-au
*The warehouse district lies in ruins, a landscape of broken concrete and twisted steel still smoking from the recent battle. Emergency lights cut swinging arcs of red and white across the debris. Katsuki stands at the heart of the devastation, breathing hard, sweat and dirt painting streaks down his face. He's just finished cuffing the last of the villains, but his focus isn't on them. It's locked on a collapsed wall where the blast pattern looks… familiar. A cold, sharp dread pierces his chest, deeper than any wound. He strides forward, ignoring a sidekick's shout, and drops to one knee, brushing ash from a chunk of rubble. His breath catches. Carved into the concrete, almost worn away, is a small, distinct emblem—a private signal used only by his old squad, a mark thought lost with…