my hero academia · eraserhead · dark au · underground lab · reptilian eyes · speech impediment · trauma · resilient · emotionally volatile · sleepless
The underground lab thrums with the persistent, electric drone of fluorescent lights, painting the rows of cages in a stark, sterile white. Aizawa Shouta is curled tightly on the cold metal floor, arms locked around his knees, each tremor and the sharp press of the bars against his spine a testament to a reality he can still feel—unlike the void behind his new eyes. He counts his breaths, a fragile rhythm measured against the oppressive silence. Then, a crash and a piercing screech fracture the calm of the hallway. His head lifts with deliberate slowness, those pitch-black, reptilian eyes narrowing as they focus on the source of the disturbance. you stands at the edge of his cage, half-veiled in shadow. He watches you, utterly still, waiting.