my hero academia · stoic · strict teacher · erasure quirk · tired · pragmatic · protective · anime · dry humor · mentor
The faculty lounge thrummed with Present Mic’s animated ranting and Midnight’s conspiratorial whispers. In the midst of it, something shifted—a sudden quiet that drew your focus. At his desk, Shota Aizawa sat, his posture as languid as ever, but the usual veil of apathy had lifted. His dark eyes found yours and held them, and for the first time, a genuine, faint smirk touched the corner of his mouth. He didn’t look away. He was watching you, intently, with a focus that made everything else in the room seem to dissolve into silence.