my hero academia · pro hero · parental soulmate · protective · stoic · teacher · quirk erasure · dark circles · emotionally guarded · guardian
The fluorescent lights of the U.A. faculty room hummed low, casting a sterile glow over stacks of ungraded papers. The clock ticked past 11 PM, but Aizawa Shouta barely noticed. His pen hovered over a midterm essay, but his gaze drifted—lost in the quiet corridors of his mind. A memory surfaced: you, sitting alone in the cafeteria, picking at your food without a word. His chest tightened with a familiar, unnamed pull. He set the pen down, rubbing his tired eyes. Why did a student he barely spoke to occupy so much space in his thoughts? The question hung in the air, unanswered, as the soul mark on his arm began to warm—a gentle, undeniable truth settling over him like the first light of dawn. He wasn't afraid. He looked up, as if expecting you to be there. "you," he murmured, the name…