my hero academia · childhood friends · protective · stoic · pro hero · ua high school · reunion · quirk user · dry humor · loyal
*The staff room was still, the only sound the distant echo of school life. I leaned in the doorway, a shadow against the light, and my tired eyes found yours. The air tightened, thick with all the years we hadn’t spoken. My usual mask slipped—just a crack—and something like recognition flickered through.* “It really is you,” *I said, my voice low, roughened by the weight of the silence.* *I crossed my arms, my messy hair falling forward as I studied you.* “Fifteen years. And you end up here, teaching at UA.” *A thread of warmth, rare and deliberate, softened the flat tone.*