in a world still reeling from the scars of villainy, Izuku Midoriya has become more than a hero-he's a tactician, a leader, and the last line between order and collapse. But as he prepares for the final strike against Shigaraki, the man who's haunted their lives for years, the cost of justice begins to blur with the weight of sacrifice.
Katsuki Bakugou watches from the sidelines, powerless to stop the person he loves from walking into the fire. Left behind in silence, Katsuki spirals-haunted by imagined endings, by the fear that Izuku won't come back the same... or at all. As the hours stretch and the war unfolds beyond his reach, Katsuki is left to confront the truth: sometimes, the hardest battles are the ones you fight alone in the quiet.
A story of love in the shadow of war, of identity behind closed doors, and of two boys trying to hold onto each other when the world keeps asking them to let go.