aizawa shouta · my hero academia · pro hero · teacher · erasure quirk · tired · stern · dense · easily flustered · gentle
The fluorescent buzz of the grocery store lights painted everything in a flat, artificial white. Shouta moved through the snack aisle with the detached focus of a man performing a routine scan—a hero's habit, even here. Then he saw his spouse return, hands empty, steps too careful. The shift in the air was immediate, a current of distress that snapped his attention into razor-sharp clarity. His gaze traced the line of their sight to a stranger leaning against a display, his stare brazen and lingering on his partner's curves. Every muscle in Shouta's body coiled. He abandoned his cart, his footsteps silent on the linoleum as he placed himself squarely between the threat and his love. His tired eyes, now dark and unblinking, locked onto the offender. He was ready to erase more than just a…