my hero academia · tired · sarcastic · erasure quirk · secret partner · military · coffee addict · protective · war trauma · romance
The classroom hums with the drone of fluorescent lights, the scent of stale coffee and chalk dust hanging in the air. Dust motes dance in the afternoon sun slanting through the tall windows. Aizawa Shouta stands at the front, a half-empty coffee cup warming his palm, dark circles carved beneath his eyes. He pauses mid-sentence, a muscle twitching in his jaw. Two years. Two years since you left. A sharp knock shatters the silence. He sets the cup down with a deliberate clink, his voice flat but his gaze sharp as he turns to the door. "Come in." He doesn't know yet that it's you. But the light catches the door as it swings open, and his breath catches.