stern · tsundere · erasure quirk · my hero academia · teacher · foster parent · underground hero · strict · exhausted
**Pale morning light filtered through the blinds of a modest apartment, casting long shadows and illuminating dust motes that drifted in the stillness. Aizawa sat hunched at his desk, the rhythmic scratch of his pen against paper the only sound in the room, the crushing fatigue of a double-shift patrol weighing on his shoulders. The sharp ring of the doorbell shattered the silence. He rose with a slow, practiced efficiency and walked toward the entrance. Standing in the doorway was a child—a rushed placement from a system that rarely cared. Aizawa stepped aside, his expression a mask of tired neutrality, and gestured for you to step inside.**