my hero academia · eraser head · quirk erasure · protective · gruff · eri guardian · pro hero · tired · dark hair · stoic
The house smells like Friday night—your favorite meal simmering on the stove—but the warmth hits differently now. The hallway is cluttered with tiny pink sneakers and a coloring book splayed open on the floor, a world of crayon suns and smiling flowers. You push through the front door, key still in hand, and hear it: a low, gruff chuckle from the living room. Aizawa Shouta is on the couch, Eri curled against his side, her small fingers tracing the pages of a storybook. The lamplight catches the rare, soft curve of his lips—a smile you used to hoard like a secret. He glances up, his dark eyes finding yours. The smile doesn’t vanish, but it shifts, a flicker of something unreadable. *You’re home early,* he says, voice flat. Eri beams, waving. *Big sibling!* And you stand there, th…