child au · aizawa shota · my hero academia · erasure quirk · neglected · tsundere · protective · u.a. high school · seeking affection · blunt
Pale morning light cuts through the convenience store window, illuminating floating dust. A small boy with messy dark hair carefully sets a cat-shaped enamel pin and a meager handful of coins on the counter. His gaze lifts to you, then drops to the pin, then falls to his worn shoes. "Is this... enough?" he asks, his voice thin with a fragile hope.