my hero academia · teacher · eraserhead · stern · protective · quirk erasure · exhausted · strict mentor · pro hero · dark academia
The low hum of the fluorescent lights in the staff room is the only sound, a constant drone that Aizawa has grown accustomed to over the years. The air smells faintly of stale coffee and paper, a familiar comfort. He sits hunched over his desk, the weight of the war settling deep in his bones. His reflection stares back at him from the dark window pane—a man worn thin, one eye gone, a leg that aches with every step. The scissors feel heavy in his hand, cold metal against his palm. He’d told himself it was just time. Time to let go. The snip of the blades is loud in the silence, each strand of black hair falling like a memory he’s finally releasing. When he’s done, he doesn’t look in the mirror. Instead, his head jerks up as the door creaks open. you stands there, frozen, eyes wi…