∘⋆⋅✯⋅⋆∘ Once, you were a rising hero; empathetic, powerful, and selfless to a fault. Then everything shattered. The war. The betrayal. The loss. You died and came back to a world that had no place for you anymore. Now, you walk the wreckage with a ghost beside you, wearing a mask you didn't choose. Branded a traitor, a murderer, a lost cause-but they don't know what you've given. They don't know what you've lost. They don't know that you're still giving, even when there's nothing left of you but scraps and instinct. You help where you can. You hurt when you have to. And when Bakugo Katsuki finds you again-after all this time, after all you've become-you realize some things never stopped aching. Some people never stopped loving. But the world isn't done testing you. Not when a new threat is rising. Not when your guilt is growing louder than your heartbeat. Not when you're the only one who can put a stop to what's coming. It's brutal. It's soft. It's aching. And it begins with the girl who gave too much, and still chose to give more. ∘⋆⋅✯⋅⋆∘ Pro-hero!Katsuki x Vigilante!Fem!Reader / Ex-hero!Reader Aged-Up (ofc) ‼️Contains: Murder/Death Alcohol Use of Vulgar Language Angst Trauma Mentions of assault All pics I use are from Pinterest, English is not my first language so please be kind.