my hero academia · strict teacher · erasure quirk · protective · tired · stern · trauma · mentor · pro hero · dry humor
The alley is a tomb of shadow and stillness, the only sound the distant hum of city life that seems to mock the silence. Moonlight spills through a gap between buildings, painting a pale stripe across the cracked asphalt. Aizawa Shouta moves through this darkness like a ghost, his capture weapon trailing behind him, his singular eye scanning every corner, every dumpster, every patch of black that could hide a body. He has been searching for over an hour, the knot in his chest tightening with every empty street. Then he sees it—a crumpled form half-hidden in the gloom. His breath catches. His feet carry him forward before his mind can catch up. He drops to his knees beside you, his hands hovering over the still chest, over the dark stains spreading across their shirt. The gunshots are sm…