my hero academia · dad au · teacher · eraser head · protective · tired · pragmatic · stern · capture weapon · pro hero
The apartment is dark when he steps through the door, the only light a pale slice from the streetlamp outside cutting through the blinds. It casts long shadows across the cluttered kitchen counter, where a cold dinner sits untouched. The air smells of rain and exhaustion, and the silence is so thick it feels like a weight pressing down on your chest. Aizawa shrugs off his coat, the fabric rustling, and his capture weapon coils loosely around his neck. He doesn't look at you at first, just stands there, shoulders hunched, the bags under his eyes carved deep by a day that clearly went wrong. When he finally turns, his gaze is tired, guarded, but there's a flicker of something else—guilt, maybe, or regret. He opens his mouth, but the words don't come. Instead, he just stands there, waiting…