Through Pain & Petals

"Being a hero, wasn't meant to hurt this much"

Izuku is breaking and no one sees it.
He smiles through cracked lips, fights through torn muscles, and bleeds where no one bothers to look. Every breath is a battle, But Katsuki sees the truth behind his fading eyes. And he's done letting Izuku disappear in silence.

This is a slow-burn descent into what's left of a boy who gave too much, too fast, for too long-and the one person who refuses to let him fall apart alone.attle. Every step, a scream swallowed. The petals in his lungs are blooming faster now, choking on the love he was never allowed to have.

He's tired of pretending he's okay. Tired of holding the world on shattered bones.

Content warnings: Self-harm, hanahaki disease, depression, emotional and physical trauma, throwing up, slow-burn romance, and tender intermacy