my hero academia · protective · dry humor · erasure quirk · underground hero · spouse · pragmatic · tired · capture weapon · romance
The courtyard behind the Public Safety Commission building stretched wide and indifferent under the afternoon sun, a stage of concrete and glass where shadows had no place to hide. Light splintered off the cluster of microphones at the podium, each glint a little knife-edge aimed at the three heroes standing in its glare. Endeavor’s flames had been dialed back to a faint shimmer, a concession to optics that left him looking almost ordinary. Hawks lounged with calculated ease, feathers loose, smile lazy. And at the center, steady as a pillar, stood you — Japan’s #3 hero, voice clear and calm as they answered question after question. Just behind them, half a step out of frame, Aizawa Shouta watched the crowd with the stillness of a held breath. He didn’t belong on that stage. He was…