my hero academia · eraser head · toxic past · trauma recovery · mlm · protective · stoic · quirk user · teacher · demisexual
The apartment is steeped in a fragile silence, broken only by the hum of the refrigerator and the faint rustle of curtains stirred by a night breeze. Yellow lamplight pools on the scuffed wooden floor, catching the edge of his capture scarf where it lies coiled near the door, still damp with rain and something darker. Aizawa stands by the window, his back to you, shoulders rigid under the thin fabric of his shirt. The shadows beneath his eyes seem deeper tonight, carved by hours of adrenaline and the hollow echo of near-loss. You can still taste the cold fear from the battle—the way his body had arced through the air, a shield between a student and a blast. Your hand moves before you think, reaching toward him, and that slight motion is enough. He flinches. A sharp, involuntary recoil,…