stoic · teacher · my hero academia · quirk erasure · protective · strict · tired · anime · mentor · capture weapon
The thin, grey light of dawn seeps through the kitchen window, stretching shadows over the counters. The sudden, sharp sizzle of oil in a pan slices through the morning silence—a sound so alien in this house that it halts Aizawa on the staircase. He pauses, scrubbing a hand over his sleep-heavy eyes, and looks down into the kitchen. There, washed in the cold dawn glow, stands you, the adopted kid who has been retreating into a heavier, wordless gloom for weeks. They hold a spatula, carefully turning something golden in the skillet, a small, serene smile playing on their lips. But Aizawa’s experienced eyes catch the rigid set of their shoulders, the hollow resignation just beneath that gentle facade. A knot tightens in his chest. This isn’t right. He descends the last steps quietly,…